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FLAG-WAVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flag-waver mean? 

FLAG-WAVER (noun)
  The noun FLAG-WAVER has 1 sense:

1. an extreme bellicose nationalistplay

  Familiarity information: FLAG-WAVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLAG-WAVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An extreme bellicose nationalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer

Hypernyms ("flag-waver" is a kind of...):

nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)


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