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Patriot

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A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism.

Patriot may also refer to:

Political and military groups

United States

  • Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution
  • Patriot movement, a small-government or anti-government conservative movement in the United States
  • Christian Patriot movement, a far-right conservative movement in the United States

Elsewhere

  • Patriot Party (disambiguation), various parties
  • Patriots (Dutch Republic), a Dutch group that was opposed to the prinsgezindheid in the United Provinces in the 18th century
  • Patriots (Ethiopia) or Airbegnoch, Ethiopian resistance, 1939–1949
  • Patriote movement, those who supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the Lower Canada Rebellion
  • Hunter Patriots, in the Canadian Rebellions of 1836–1841
  • Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a political party in Kurdistan

Arts and media

Film and television

  • Patriot (TV series), a 2015 Amazon TV series
  • Patriot (film), an upcoming Indonesian superhero film
  • Patriots (1937 film), a German film
  • Patriots (1994 film), an American film

Newspapers

Other media

  • Patriot (comics), two fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe sometimes referred to as "The Patriot"
  • Patriot (video game), a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War
  • Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse (1995/2009), the first book in the Patriots Novels Series by James Wesley Rawles
  • Patriot (album), a 2010 album by Tublatanka
  • Iron Patriot, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Sirius XM Patriot, a conservative satellite radio network

Companies

  • Patriot Coal, a coal-mining company based in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Patriot Memory, a Silicon Valley memory and computer accessory manufacturer
  • Patriot Rail Company, an American short line railroad company

Observances

  • Patriot Day, a U.S. commemoration day established in remembrance of the losses of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
  • Patriots' Day, a holiday in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, and Wisconsin in honor of Lexington and Concord (American Revolutionary War)

Places

Sports

Teams

  • El Paso Patriots, a soccer team (USL Premier Development League), based in Texas
  • Fayetteville Patriots, in the National Basketball Development League, based in North Carolina
  • George Mason Patriots, in various sports, from George Mason University in Virginia
  • New England Patriots, American football, in the National Football League and based in Massachusetts
  • Ozark Patriots, a baseball team based in Alabama
  • Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey
  • Patriots Jet Team, a civilian aerobatic formation team in the United States
  • Patriotas F.C., a soccer team of the Categoría Primera A, based in Colombia
  • Patriot Candrabhaga F.C., an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi, West Java

Other uses in sport

  • Patriot League, a college athletic conference in northeastern United States
  • Patriot Stadium, a soccer stadium in El Paso, Texas
  • Patriot Stadium (Indonesia), a soccer stadium in Bekasi, Indonesia

Vehicles

  • Patriot (fireboat), a fireboat operated by Tampa, Florida
  • USS Patriot (MCM-7), a U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship launched in 1990
  • LMS Patriot Class, a class of express passenger steam locomotive
  • Jeep Patriot, a compact SUV manufactured by FiatChrysler
  • UAZ Patriot, a mid-sized SUV manufactured by UAZ

Other uses

  • Patriot War of 1838–39, also called the Upper Canada Rebellion
  • Patriot Act, an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the September 11 attacks
  • MIM-104 Patriot, a surface-to-air missile system
  • Patriot (Worlds of Fun), a roller coaster in Worlds of Fun amusement park
  • Patriot (California's Great America), a floorless roller coaster

See also

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