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Patriot Loves Word Peɪtriət Died Fighting War Independence

Front patriot
Pron ['peɪtriət]
Back 【PATRIOT】
Many patriots died while fighting in the war for independence.
许多爱国者在独立的战争中战死了。
【重点词汇】
patriot n. 爱国者 adj. patriotic
Vocab
patriotone who loves and defends his or her country

A patriot is someone who loves and who has sometimes fought for his or her country. “Nathan Hale was a true patriot; his only regret was that he had but one life to give for his country.”

The word patriot comes from patrios (Greek, not Latin for once), which means "of one’s father." So, despite various references to the motherland, the word patriot more or less lands us square in the fatherland arena. And if you’re a football fan, the New England Patriots is a near-Boston-based team (Boston being a major source of American patriots in the Revolutionary War). And, if you want to get yourself in trouble, you can wander Boston with a megaphone chanting, “The Patriots stink.”

All forms of 'patriot' will appear on average once every 156 pages.
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