Definition of jingo Jingo

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We found 6 definitions of jingo from 5 different sources.

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What does jingo mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
jingo - an extreme bellicose nationalist
  chauvinist, jingoist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
  patriot, nationalist one who loves and defends his or her country
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • jingo (Noun)
    One who supports policy favouring war.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • jingo (n.)
    A word used as a jocular oath.
  • jingo (n.)
    A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • jingo
    jing′gō, n. a name used in the expletives, 'By Jingo!' 'By the living Jingo!' From its occurrence in a music-hall song of 1878 that conveyed a threat against Russia, Jingo has come to mean a British Chauvinist.—adjs. Jing′o, Jing′oish.—n. Jing′oism. [Often fearlessly derived from Basque Jinkoa, Jainko, God; no doubt conn. somehow with St Gengulphus (died May 11, 760).]

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