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patriots

/ˈpeɪtɹiəts/

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What does patriots mean?

noun

  1. plural of patriot
  2. plural of Patriot
  3. The New England Patriots, a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpeɪtɹiəts/

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Paoli's father was one of the patriots who effected their escape from Corsica when the French reduced it to obedience.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
The patriots, who effected that memorable revolution, were too temperate, too wellinformed, to think of any restraint on the legislative discretion.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
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The banded merchants, and the patriots generally, said that the acts were illegal, and that they would not submit to the officers.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
His interests had shared the fate of most other Southern patriots, in the long and cruel struggle through which the country had gone.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
Darnay complied, and was taken back to the guard-house, where other patriots in rough red caps were smoking, drinking, and sleeping, by a watch-fire.
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98