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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarypa·tri·ot \ˈpā-trē-ət, -ˌät, chiefly Brit ˈpa-trē-ət\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle French patriote compatriot, from Late Latin patriota, from Greek patriōtēs, from patria lineage, from patr-, patērfather DATE 1605: one who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interestsEnglish Etymologypatriot 1590s, "compatriot," from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. patriote (15c.), from L.L. patriota"fellow-countryman" (6c.), from Gk. patriotes "fellow countryman," from patrios "of one's fathers," patris "fatherland," from pater(gen. patros) "father," with -otes, suffix expressing state or condition. Meaning "loyal and disinterested supporter of one's country" is attested from c.1600, but became an ironic term of ridicule or abuse from mid-18c. in England, so that Johnson, who at first defined it as "one whose ruling passion is the love of his country," in his fourth edition added, "It is sometimes used for a factious disturber of the government.""The name of patriot had become [c.1744] a by-word of derision. Horace Walpole scarcely exaggerated when he said that ... the most popular declaration which a candidate could make on the hustings was that he had never been and never would be a patriot." [Macaulay, "Horace Walpole," 1833]Somewhat revived in reference to resistance movements in overrun countries in WWII, it has usually had a positive sense in Amer.Eng., where the phony and rascally variety has been consigned to the word patrioteer (1928). Oriana Fallaci ["The Rage and the Pride," 2002] marvels that Americans, so fond of patriotic, patriot, and patriotism, lack the root noun and are content to express the idea of patria by cumbersome compounds such as homeland. (Joyce, Shaw, and H.G. Wells all used patriaas an English word early 20c., but it failed to stick.)Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7patriotpat·riot / 5peitriEt; BrE also 5pAt- / noun a person who loves their country and who is ready to defend it against an enemy 爱国者Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedpa·tri·ot\ˈpā.trēət, -ēˌät, usu Brit ˈpa.-; usu -d.+V\ noun(-s)Usage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriota, from Greek patriōtēs, from patrios of one's father, of or characteristic of one's forefathers, from patr-, patēr father — more at father1. obsolete : a fellow countryman : compatriot2. a. : a person who loves his country and defends and promotes its interests; especially : a soldier who fights for love of country b. : an enthusiast for a cause other than national < the South's cotton patriots — Time >3. obsolete : lover, amateur4. a. usually capitalized : an English parliamentary faction opposed to Sir Robert Walpole especially from 1732-1742 b. : one who advocates or promotes the independence of his native soil or people from the country or union of countries of which it is a part (as a colony) < immortalized by the illustrious appellation of the patriot army — George Washington > < a band of fiery patriots — D.G.Haring > c. : patrioteer < the most bloodthirsty patriots in the safest swivel chairs — Walter Lippmann >5. a. : one who remains loyal to his country when it is occupied by an enemy b. : a member of a resistance group

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