/ ˈpeɪtriət; NAmE ; BrE also ˈpæt-/ noun
a person who loves their country and who is ready to defend it against an enemy
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the late Latin sense): from French patriote , from late Latin patriota fellow countryman, from Greek patriōtēs , from patrios of one's fathers, from patris fatherland.