flag-waver

Definitions of flag-waver
  1. noun
    an extreme bellicose nationalist
    synonyms: chauvinist, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer
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    type of:
    nationalist, patriot
    one who loves and defends his or her country
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