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jingo
jin·go J0043800 (jĭng′gō)n. pl. jin·goes One who vociferously supports one's country, especially one who supports a belligerent foreign policy; a chauvinistic patriot.adj.1. Of or relating to a chauvinistic patriot.2. Characterized by chauvinistic patriotism.interj. Used for emphasis or to express surprise: By jingo, I'm leaving here in spite of the blizzard.
[From the phrase by jingo, used in the refrain of a bellicose 19th-century English music-hall song, from alteration of Jesus.]
jin′go·ish adj.jingo (ˈdʒɪŋɡəʊ) n, pl -goes1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a loud and bellicose patriot; chauvinist2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) jingoism3. by jingo an exclamation of surprise[C17: originally perhaps a euphemism for Jesus; applied to bellicose patriots after the use of by Jingo! in the refrain of a 19th-century music-hall song] ˈjingoish adjjin•go (ˈdʒɪŋ goʊ)
n., pl. -goes. a person who professes belligerent patriotism. [from the phrase by Jingo in a political song supporting use of British forces against Russia in 1878] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | jingo - an extreme bellicose nationalistflag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingoist, patrioteer, chauvinistnationalist, patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country |
TranslationsJingo
Jingolegendary second-century empress of Japan, victorious invader of Korea and hence the conjectural eponym of jingoism. [Jap. Hist.: EB (1963) XIII, 69]See: ChauvinismjingoenUS
Related to jingo: jingoism, JangoSynonyms for jingonoun an extreme bellicose nationalistSynonyms- flag-waver
- hundred-percenter
- jingoist
- patrioteer
- chauvinist
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