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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jingo \jin"go\, n.; pl. jingoes. said to be a corruption of
st. gingoulph.
1913 webster
1. a word used as a jocular oath. "by the living jingo."
--goldsmith.
1913 webster
2. a statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive,
domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose
superpatriot or chavinist. cant, eng.
1913 webster +pjc
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:
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
jingoes
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jingo
n : an extreme bellicose nationalist syn: chauvinist, jingoist,
flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
also: jingoes pl
see also:
chauvinist jingoist flag-waver hundred-percenter patrioteer jingoes
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
27 moby thesaurus words for "jingo":
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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