Flag-waver

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause.

    "In every organization exists a number of so-called flagwavers. Their principal stock in trade is a boisterous verbal display of loyalty to the cause […]"

  2. 2
    an extreme bellicose nationalist wordnet

Synonyms

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chauvinisthundred-percenterjingojingoistpatrioteer

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"In every organization exists a number of so-called flagwavers. Their principal stock in trade is a boisterous verbal display of loyalty to the cause […]"

Etymology

From flag + waver.

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