as in loyalist
a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies
the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country
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Recent Examples of patriot
Will shallow patriots succeed in turning our flag into a religious icon by giving it the status of a graven image?
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Emery J Cummins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The tech industry’s new ambitions—using AI to reshape not just work, school, and social life but perhaps even governance itself—do have a major vulnerability: The AI patriots desperately need the president’s approval.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Boston is the city where patriots rebelled against the English Crown and began the American Revolution.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
That patriot would have been McEntarfer.
—Fergus McIntosh, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
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Emery J Cummins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The tech industry’s new ambitions—using AI to reshape not just work, school, and social life but perhaps even governance itself—do have a major vulnerability: The AI patriots desperately need the president’s approval.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Boston is the city where patriots rebelled against the English Crown and began the American Revolution.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
That patriot would have been McEntarfer.
—Fergus McIntosh, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriot
Noun
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Miran also has openly criticized Powell and his colleagues and is generally seen as a loyalist vote for the president and his desire for significantly lower rates.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Trump loyalist Stephen Miran joins the board today as a governor.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Colonial repression and factionalism divided nationalists and left them fighting bitterly over who were the true heirs to the March First Movement.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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To call someone a Zionist as an insult is as strange as attacking someone for being a Ghanaian or Chinese nationalist.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Patriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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