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Meanings of jingo in English

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patrioter

An extreme bellicose nationalist.

        patrioter
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        Examples for "chauvinist"
        Examples for "chauvinist"
        1
        There is some debate over whether Magritte was a chauvinist or pro-women.
        The Guardian
        2
        But extremists, whether chauvinist or pacifist, are not helpful in avoiding wars.
        Before the War
        3
        When Tam gave her partner a you're-a-chauvinist-pig glare before walking away, J.D.
        Don't cry
        4
        He'd always have a little bit of the chauvinist hustler in him.
        Naughty neighbor
        5
        True, he was sort of a chauvinist, but it wasn't entirely his fault.
        Two for the dough
        1
        I think of the skit whenever the world brotherhood of jingoist authoritarians is talked up.
        The Irish Times
        2
        They went to war in a jingoist stupor because they lacked the recent experience to know better.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Fair enough, but have you also got anything to say to us about raging jingoist Guy Mowbray?
        The Guardian
        4
        The term "jingoist;" or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
        5
        Bernie Sanders has consistently and resolutely opposed every one of those racist, sexist, anti-worker and jingoist initiatives Biden has supported.
        The Guardian
        1
        Robert Harris, once a flag-waver for Tony Blair's New Labour, has done just that.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Perhaps it's fitting that the man most proudly waving England's flag in Brazil is a professional flag-waver.
        The Guardian
        3
        He became a flag-waver for natural gas -"Mr Gas", as Fortune magazine once called him.
        The Guardian
        4
        It's difficult to be outwardly proud of English traditional culture, partly for fear of being called racist or a flag-waver.
        The Guardian
        5
        Aware of their king's plight, the Provincials were belting out imperial flag-wavers.
        The Irish Times
        1
        For some of the patrioteers it has become a thriving business, with everybody involved-exceptthe suckers-gettinghis cut.
        Secret Armies / The New Technique of Nazi Warfare
        2
        With True in this effort to establish a Cagoulard organization in this country, were some of the most active Nazi agents and patrioteers.
        Secret Armies / The New Technique of Nazi Warfare
        Usage of jingo in English
        1
        This roused the jingo devil in us, and we burst into applause.
        Tell England / A Study in a Generation
        2
        By jingo, I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
        3
        Dr Vaughan said by jingo used to be a brand name.
        News.com.au
        4
        We call it the jingo, and it's supposed to sum up the issue.
        Wired
        5
        I got it right, by jingo! He looked pleased with himself.
        American empire: blood and iron
        6
        He lifted up the cover: it was ducks and green pease, by jingo!
        Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
        7
        Roosevelt said, By jingo, it's always a pleasure for me to come to Kansas.
        American empire: blood and iron
        8
        But a wicked material jingo, who wants facts, not theories.
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        9
        Truth to say, your Uncle Samuel was ever a jingo.
        Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
        10
        By jingo; you are not fond of him, are you?
        Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
        11
        This is the way to reform us and make us better, is it?-Byjingo!
        Six Years in the Prisons of England
        12
        To me he represents the ignominious pacifist, whereas to him I represent the sabre-rattling jingo.
        Nobody's Man
        13
        I ought to let him sack me, by jingo!
        American empire: blood and iron
        14
        Mere jingo self-contentment is commonest among those who have some pedantic reason for their patriotism.
        Orthodoxy
        15
        By jingo, Moira, you're a stunner and no mistake.
        The Valley of the Giants
        16
        By jingo, that hadn't occurred to me at all.
        The Long Chance
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