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flag-waver
[ flag-wey-ver ]
noun
- a person who signals by waving a flag.
- an enthusiastic, demonstrative patriot.
- a song or musical number intended to arouse patriotic fervor.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of flag-waver1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Donald Trump is a hero and flag-waver for racists and bigots.
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He removed it after a Confederate flag-waver shot two Iowa police officers.
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He became a flag-waver for natural gas – “Mr Gas”, as Fortune magazine once called him.
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So, I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver—no, not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system.
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He became, perhaps somewhat unintentionally, a flag-waver for the Ethiopian opposition, a reputation he has maintained.
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