flag-waver

noun

flag-wav·​er ˈflag-ˌwā-vər How to pronounce flag-waver (audio)
1
: one who is intensely and conspicuously patriotic
2
: one who waves a flag in signaling
3
: a song intended to rouse patriotic sentiment

Examples of flag-waver in a Sentence

a newspaper columnist who never manages to be anything other than a knee-jerk flag-waver
Recent Examples on the Web For those two groups to get in not just over Carey and O’Connor, but more traditional rock and roll flag-wavers like Oasis and Lenny Kravitz, is also something of a shock. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of flag-waver was in 1894

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“Flag-waver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag-waver. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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