
Meaning of JINGO
| Pronunciation: | | 'jinggow
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] an extreme bellicose nationalist |
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| | Synonyms: | | chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingoist |
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| | See Also: | | nationalist, patriot | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.''
--Goldsmith.
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.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | bigot, chauvin, chauvinist, doctrinaire, dogmatist, fanatic, flag waver, hard hat, hawk, hundred-percent American, hundred-percenter, illiberal, intolerant, jingoist, male chauvinist, militarist, nationalist, patriot, patrioteer, pig, racist, sexist, superpatriot, ultranationalist, war dog, war hawk, warmonger |
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