patrioteer

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noun

pa·​tri·​o·​teer

¦pā-trē-ə-¦tir

plural -s

: one who makes an ostentatious show of patriotism from venal or degraded motives : an insincere, misguided, or spurious patriot : flag-waver

they are quick to detect the phony and they can distinguish a patriot from a patrioteer

—Dorothy Thompson

catchword patrioteers

—S. V. Benét

patrioteers, roaring nationalists and reformers with apparently simple devices for making the world better and safer

—Stanley Walker

patrioteer

2 of 2

intransitive verb

"

-ed/-ing/-s

: to behave as a patrioteer

Word History

Etymology

Noun

patriot + -eer

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