patriot
/ˈpeɪ·tri·ət/, /-ˌɑt/ n [C]Definition
› a person who loves his or her country and defends it when necessary › US history A patriot during the American Revolution was a person who believed in or fought for independence from Britain patriotic /ˌpeɪ·triˈɑt̬·ɪk/ adj › Candidates love to associate themselves with patriotic values. patriotism /ˈpeɪ·tri·əˌtɪz·əm/ n [U] › This really calls into question his patriotism.
(Definition of patriot n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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