pa·tri·o·teer
¦pā-trē-ə-¦tir
plural -s
: one who makes an ostentatious show of patriotism from venal or degraded motives : an insincere, misguided, or spurious patriot : flag-waver
they are quick to detect the phony and they can distinguish a patriot from a patrioteer—Dorothy Thompson
catchword patrioteers—S. V. Benét
patrioteers, roaring nationalists and reformers with apparently simple devices for making the world better and safer—Stanley Walker
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