patriot

From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/, /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/, /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/

patriot (plural patriots)

1. A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
   • 1712 (date written), [Alexander] Pope, “Prologue, by Mr. Pope. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.”, in [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC:

     Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: […]

   • 1901, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “A Defence of Patriotism”, in The Defendant, London: R. Brimley Johnson, →OCLC, page 125:

     'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

   • 1953, Sydney J. Harris, “Purely Personal Prejudices”, in Strictly Personal, Regnery, page 228:

     The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.

   • 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.

2. (archaic) A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, “(please specify the page)”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC:

     The aim of patriots, therefore, was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be allowed to exercise over the community.

• matriot
• matriotic
• hatriot

• “patriot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatrɪjot]

patriot m anim

1. patriot

   Synonym: vlastenec

• See páter

• “patriot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “patriot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “patriot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Middle French patriote, from Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.triˈɔt/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧ot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

patriot m (plural patriotten, diminutive patriotje n)

1. patriot
2. (historical, chiefly Netherlands) a republican opponent of the House of Orange-Nassau during the second half of the eighteenth century, in favour of centralisation and administrative rationalisation
3. (obsolete) compatriot

   Synonyms: landgenoot, medeburger

• patrizot

• → Indonesian: patriot

patriot (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) patriotic

From Dutch patriot, from Middle French patriote, from Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

• IPA^(key): [pat̚ˈriɔt̚]
• Hyphenation: pat‧ri‧ot

patriot (plural patriot-patriot)

1. patriot: a person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country

• “patriot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

patriot m (definite singular patrioten, indefinite plural patrioter, definite plural patriotene)

1. a patriot

• patriotisk
• patriotisme

• “patriot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

patriot m (definite singular patrioten, indefinite plural patriotar, definite plural patriotane)

1. a patriot

• patriotisk
• patriotisme

• “patriot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Greek πατριώτης (patriótis) or French patriote or German Patriot.

patriot m (plural patrioți)

1. patriot

Borrowed from German Patriot.

• IPA^(key): /patrǐot/
• Hyphenation: pat‧ri‧ot

patrìot, patriȍt m anim (Cyrillic spelling патрѝот, патрио̏т)

1. patriot

   Synonyms: rȍdoljūb, dȍmoljūb

• “patriot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

patriot c

1. a patriot

• lokalpatriot
• punschpatriot

• patriotism

• patriot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• patriot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• patriot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)