radical patriot, one who holds extreme nationalistic views
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Jingo Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A word used as a jocular oath.
A word used as a jocular oath.
(n.)
A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.
jingo
\jin"go\ (?), n.; pl. jingoes (#). [said to be a corruption of st. gingoulph.]
1. a word used as a jocular oath. "by the living jingo."
2. a statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. [cant, eng.]
note: this sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the turco-russian war of 1877 and 1878. the first two lines were as follows: -- we don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, we 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.
One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.
Noun
1. an extreme bellicose nationalist
(synonym) chauvinist, jingoist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
(hypernym) patriot, nationalist
Jingo Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jingo can refer to:
- Jingoism, belligerent nationalism
- Jingu of Japan (also Jingu or Jingo), a legendary empress of Japan
- Jingo (novel), from the Discworld series
- "Jingo", alternate title for "Jin-go-lo-ba", a song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji
- "Jingo", a cover of the same song by Santana on their eponymous debut album
- "Jin Go Lo Ba", a cover of the same song by Fatboy Slim on his album Palookaville
- Jingo, a town in Miami County, Kansas
- Jingo, the main town on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea.
- "Jingo", fifth movement of Statements for orchestra by Aaron Copland
- Mr Jingo's Smile, a virtual nightclub from the Otherland series by Tad Williams
- By Jingo, a minced oath from the 17th century
- Jingo - A 1987 Single by Jellybean
- "Oh By Jingo!", a popular song
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