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 Definitions of jingo  [ˈdʒɪŋ goʊ]  

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Definition of 'jingo' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) jingo
a person who professes belligerent patriotism.

Etymology:  (from the phrase by Jingo in a political song supporting use of British forces against Russia in 1878)

Definition of 'jingo' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
an extreme bellicose nationalist


Definition of 'jingo' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) jingo
a word used as a jocular oath

2. (noun) jingo
a statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs


Definitions of 'jingo' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  jingo
a name, of uncertain derivation, given to a political party favourable to an aggressive, menacing policy in foreign affairs, and first applied in 1877 to that political section in Great Britain which provoked the Turco-Russian war.



'jingo' - Nearby Entries  

jingle-jangle  jingling  jingly  jingo  jingoism  jingoist  jingoistic  



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