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JINGO (jingoes)
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Irregular inflected form: jingoes
Dictionary entry overview: What does jingo mean?
• JINGO (noun)
The noun JINGO has 1 sense:
1. an extreme bellicose nationalist
Familiarity information: JINGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extreme bellicose nationalist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer
Hypernyms ("jingo" is a kind of...):
nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)
Context examples
“Py jingo! I t’ink so mineself,” Hans affirmed.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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