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nounone who loves and defends his or her country
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- tell a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- smith United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
- moore Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852)
- adams American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
- quincy American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
- hancock American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
- dawes American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
- salomon American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
- garibaldi Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)
- nationalistic fanatically patriotic