name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/
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Canada, General-American:/ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
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Australian:/ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/
Australian:/ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/
New-Zealand:/ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/
New-Zealand:/ˈpɛt.ɹi.ət/
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surface-to-air missile system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A member of the New England Patriots professional football team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An individual Patriot missile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A person who was in favor of American Independence from Britain during the American Revolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of Patriote (A devolution-of-power supporter in Lower Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriots' War).)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Patriote
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A devolution-of-power supporter in Upper Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriot War).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
one who loves and defends his or her country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nationalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: national, subject
Narrower terms: chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer, Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Gonne, Maud Gonne, Kosciusko, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, Mazzini, Giuseppe Mazzini
History
Etymology
Capitalization of patriot.
From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
Across languages
Translations
161 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Albanian:
atdhetar
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Albanian:
atdhetare
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Amharic:
አርበኛ
(ʾärbäña)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Arabic:
وَطَنِيّ
(waṭaniyy)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Arabic:
وَطَنِيَّة
(waṭaniyya)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Armenian:
հայրենասեր
(hayrenaser)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Azerbaijani:
yurdsevər
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Azerbaijani:
vətənpərvər
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Basque:
abertzale
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Belarusian:
патрыёт
(patryjót)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Belarusian:
патрыётка
(patryjótka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Bengali:
দেশভক্ত
(deśobhokto)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Breton:
brogarour
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Bulgarian:
патрио́т
(patriót)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Bulgarian:
патрио́тка
(patriótka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Bulgarian:
родолю́бец
(rodoljúbec)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Bulgarian:
родолю́бка
(rodoljúbka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Burmese:
မျိုးချစ်
(myui:hkyac)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Burmese:
ဝံသာနုရက္ခိတ
(wamsanu.rakhki.ta.)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Catalan:
patriota
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Cherokee:
ᎤᎨᏳᎯ
(ugeyuhi)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Chinese Mandarin:
愛國者 /爱国者
(àiguózhě)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Crimean Tatar:
vatanperver
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Czech:
vlastenec
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Czech:
vlastenka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Czech:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Czech:
patriotka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Danish:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Dutch:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Dutch:
vaderlander
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Esperanto:
patrioto
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Estonian:
patrioot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Estonian:
rahvuslane
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Estonian:
isamaalane
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Faroese:
fosturlandsvinur
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Faroese:
føðilandsvinur
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Finnish:
patriootti
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
French:
patriote
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Galician:
patriota
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Georgian:
პატრიოტი
(ṗaṭrioṭi)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Georgian:
მამულიშვილი
(mamulišvili)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
German:
Patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
German:
Patriotin
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
German:
Vaterlandsfreund
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
German:
Vaterlandsfreundin
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
German:
Vaterlandsliebhaber
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
German:
Vaterlandsliebhaberin
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Greek:
πατριώτης
(patriótis)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Greek:
πατριώτισσα
(patriótissa)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Gujarati:
દેશભક્ત
(deśbhakt)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Hebrew:
פַּטְרִיוֹט
(patriyót)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Hindi:
देशभक्त
(deśbhakt)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Hindi:
वतनपरस्त
(vatanparast)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Hindi:
देशप्रेमी
(deśapremī)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Hungarian:
hazafi
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Icelandic:
föðurlandsvinur
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Icelandic:
ættjarðarvinur
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Ido:
patrioto
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Indonesian:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Irish:
tírghráthóir
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Italian:
patriota
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Japanese:
愛国者
(aikokusha)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Kazakh:
патриот
(patriot)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Kazakh:
отансүйгіш
(otansüigış)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Kazakh:
отаншыл
(otanşyl)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Khmer:
អ្នកស្នេហាជាតិ
(nĕək snaehaa ciət)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Korean:
애국자
(aegukja)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Central Kurdish:
نیشتیمان پەروەر
(nîştîman perwer)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Northern Kurdish:
welatparêz
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Northern Kurdish:
welatperwer
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Northern Kurdish:
patriyot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Kyrgyz:
патриот
(patriot)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Kyrgyz:
мекенчил
(mekencil)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Lao:
ຜູ້ຮັກຊາດ
(phū hak sāt)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Latvian:
patriots
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Latvian:
patriote
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Lithuanian:
patriotas
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Lithuanian:
patriotė
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Macedonian:
патрио́т
(patriót)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Macedonian:
патрио́тка
(patriótka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Macedonian:
родољуб
(rodoljub)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Macedonian:
родољубец
(rodoljubec)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Macedonian:
родољупка
(rodoljupka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Malay:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Manx:
graihder çheerey
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Manx:
dooinney dooie
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Mongolian:
эх оронч
(ex oronč)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Norwegian Bokmål:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Norwegian Nynorsk:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Occitan:
patriòta
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Pashto:
وطنپال
(watanpāl)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Pashto:
وطندوست
(watandost)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Pashto:
وطن پرست
(watan parast)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Iranian Persian:
میهَنپَرَسْت
(mihan-parast)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Iranian Persian:
میهَندوسْت
(mihan-dust)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Iranian Persian:
وَطَنپَرَسْت
(vatan-parast)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Polish:
patriota
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Polish:
patriotka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Portuguese:
patriota
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Romanian:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Romanian:
patriotă
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Russian:
патрио́т
(patriót)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Russian:
патрио́тка
(patriótka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
патрѝот
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
патрѝотица
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
до̏мољӯб
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
ро̏дољӯб
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
домољубац
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
домо̀љупка
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
родољубац
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
ро̏дољӯпка
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
patrìot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
patrìotica
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
dȍmoljūb
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
domoljubac
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
domòljupka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
rȍdoljūb
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
rodoljubac
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Serbo-Croatian:
rȍdoljūpka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovak:
vlastenec
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovak:
vlastenka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovak:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovak:
patriotka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
patriotinja
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
patriotka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
rodoljub
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
rodoljubka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
domoljub
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Slovene:
domoljubka
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Spanish:
patriota
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Swedish:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Tajik:
ватандӯст
(vatandüst)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Tajik:
ватанпарвар
(vatanparvar)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Tajik:
ватанпараст
(vatanparast)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Tatar:
ватанчы
(watançı)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Thai:
ผู้รักชาติ
(pûu-rák-châat)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Turkish:
vatansever
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Turkish:
yurtsever
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Turkmen:
watançy
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Turkmen:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Ukrainian:
патріо́т
(patriót)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Ukrainian:
патріо́тка
(patriótka)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Urdu:
وَطَن دوسْت
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Urdu:
وَطَن پَرَسْت
(vatan parast)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Uyghur:
ۋەتەنپەرۋەر
(wetenperwer)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Uzbek:
vatanparvar
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Uzbek:
patriot
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Vietnamese:
người yêu nước
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Vietnamese:
nhà ái quốc
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Volapük:
lomänälan
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Volapük:
hilomänälan
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Volapük:
jilomänälan
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Walloon:
patriyote
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Welsh:
gwladgarwr
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Yiddish:
פּאַטריאָט
(patryot)
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Zazaki:
waresinayoğ
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Zazaki:
welatperwer
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
Zazaki:
welatsinayoğ
— person who loves, supports and defends his country
