patriot

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/, /ˈpæ.tɹi.ət/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
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Noun[edit]

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.

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Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

patriot m anim

  1. patriot
    Synonym: vlastenec

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Further reading[edit]

  • patriot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • patriot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • patriot in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaː.triˈɔt/
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧ot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun[edit]

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

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Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: patriot

Adjective[edit]

patriot (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) patriotic

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of patriot
uninflected patriot
inflected patriotte
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial patriot
indefinite m./f. sing. patriotte
n. sing. patriot
plural patriotte
definite patriotte
partitive patriots

Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

patriot (first-person possessive patriotku, second-person possessive patriotmu, third-person possessive patriotnya)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a patriot

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a patriot

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

patriot m (plural patrioți)

  1. patriot

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Patriot, from French patriote, from Latin patriota, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

patrìot, patriȍt m (Cyrillic spelling патрѝот, патрио̏т)

  1. patriot
    Synonyms: rȍdoljūb, dȍmoljūb

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • patriot” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

patriot c

  1. a patriot

Declension[edit]

Declension of patriot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative patriot patrioten patrioter patrioterna
Genitive patriots patriotens patrioters patrioternas

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