different between patriot vs zealot

English

Etymology

From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patri?ta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek ????????? (patri?t?s, “of the same country”), from ?????? (patrís, “father land", "country”), from ????? (pat?r, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæ.t?i.?t/, /?pe?.t?i.?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pe?.t(?)?i.?t/

Noun

patriot (plural patriots)

1. A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
   • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[2]

     Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.

2. (archaic) A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of J. S. Mill to this entry?), On Liberty

Derived terms

Translations

References

• patriot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Czech

Noun

patriot m

1. patriot

   Synonym: vlastenec

Related terms

• See páter

Further reading

• patriot in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• patriot in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patriote, from Latin patri?ta, from Ancient Greek ????????? (patri?t?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.tri??t/
• Hyphenation: pa?tri?ot
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

patriot m (plural patriotten, diminutive patriotje n)

1. patriot
2. (historical, chiefly Netherlands) A republican opponent of the House of Orange-Nassau during the second half of the eighteenth century, in favour of centralisation and administrative rationalisation.
3. (obsolete) compatriot

   Synonyms: landgenoot, medeburger

Derived terms

• patrizot

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: patriot

Adjective

patriot (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) patriotic

Inflection

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch patriot, from Middle French patriote, from Latin patri?ta, from Ancient Greek ????????? (patri?t?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pat??ri?t?]
• Hyphenation: pat?ri?ot

Noun

patriot (first-person possessive patriotku, second-person possessive patriotmu, third-person possessive patriotnya)

1. patriot: a person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.

Related terms

Further reading

• “patriot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (patri?t?s)

Noun

patriot m (definite singular patrioten, indefinite plural patrioter, definite plural patriotene)

1. a patriot

Derived terms

• patriotisk
• patriotisme

References

• “patriot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (patri?t?s)

Noun

patriot m (definite singular patrioten, indefinite plural patriotar, definite plural patriotane)

1. a patriot

Derived terms

• patriotisk
• patriotisme

References

• “patriot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Patriot, from French patriote, from Latin patriota, from Ancient Greek ????????? (patri?t?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patr?ot/
• Hyphenation: pat?ri?ot

Noun

patrìot, patri?t m (Cyrillic spelling ???????, ????????)

1. patriot

Declension

Synonyms

• r?dolj?b
• d?molj?b

References

• “patriot” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from Latin z?l?t?s, from Ancient Greek ??????? (z?l?t?s, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower”), from ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ????? (z?ló?, “to emulate, to be jealous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?l.?t/
• Hyphenation: zeal?ot

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

1. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
2. (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
3. (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Quotations

• 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura

Synonyms

• enthusiast
• fanatic

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Laotze