flag-waver

noun

flag-wav·​er ˈflag-ˌwā-vər 

1

: one who is intensely and conspicuously patriotic

2

: one who waves a flag in signaling

3

: a song intended to rouse patriotic sentiment

Synonyms

• chauvinist
• jingo
• nationalist
• superpatriot

Examples of flag-waver in a Sentence

a newspaper columnist who never manages to be anything other than a knee-jerk flag-waver

Recent Examples on the Web

For those two groups to get in not just over Carey and O’Connor, but more traditional rock and roll flag-wavers like Oasis and Lenny Kravitz, is also something of a shock. —Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1