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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer]

Merriam Webster's

I. interjection Etymology: probably euphemism for Jesus Date: 1694 — used as a mild oath usually in the phrase by jingo II. noun (plural jingoes) Etymology: from the fact that the phrase by jingo appeared in the refrain of a chauvinistic song Date: 1878 one characterized by jingoism • jingoish adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -oes) a supporter of policy favouring war; a blustering patriot. Phrases and idioms: by jingo! a mild oath. Derivatives: jingoism n. jingoist n. jingoistic adj. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. a conjuror's word: polit. sense from use of by jingo in a popular song, then applied to patriots

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jingo 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.

Moby Thesaurus

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