patriot

Definition

  • noun: a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country
  • noun: one who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests
  • synonyms: patriotic, compatriot, jingo

Examples

  • He was a great 'patriot' who devoted his life to serving his country.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Those people were already dead. Before the bomb went off? That's what I'm saying. Darius Michaud was a -year veteran... Michaud was a patriot. The people he was loyal to know their way around Dallas. They blew that building to hide something. Something they couldn't predict. They blew up a building (..)
    1998 The X Files