as in loyalist
a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies
the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country
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Recent Examples of patriot
The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.
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Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
But the patriots’ real breakthrough came in 1778 and 1779, when the fleets of France and Spain finally joined this contest.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Condoleezza Rice remembers Cheney as mentor and patriot Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid tribute to Vice President Dick Cheney, calling him a mentor, friend, and tireless defender of the United States.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The event will honor military veterans, first responders and more, with awards including the young patriot award, Benjamin Hall’s honor award, T2T Stephen Courage Siller award, salute to service award, most valuable patriot award, heroism award and patriot of the year award.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
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Nicolás Maduro, a former bus driver elevated by Chávez as a loyalist rather than a statesman, inherited not only power but a collapsing system.—
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The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.—
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In this case, the maximum dream of any Latin American revolutionary nationalist is to stand up to el imperio, to the Yankee Empire itself.—
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He’s marked as a dissident for responding with defiance to lesson plans mandated by federal authorities after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that teach youngsters to become Russian nationalists.—
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“Patriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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