patriot
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
patriot /ˈpatrɪət, ˈpeɪt-/
▶noun a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it.
– origin C16: from Fr. patriote, from late L. patriota ‘fellow countryman’, from Gk patriōtēs, from patrios ‘of one's fathers’, from patris ‘fatherland’.
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