Jingoes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jingo \Jin"go\, n.; pl. {Jingoes}. [Said to be a corruption of
     St. Gingoulph.]
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     1. A word used as a jocular oath. "By the living jingo."
        --Goldsmith.
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     2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive,
        domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose
        superpatriot or chavinist. [Cant, Eng.]
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     Note: This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular
           during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The
           first two lines were as follows: 
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                 We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do,
                 We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've
                 got the money too.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jingoes
       See {jingo}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jingo
       n : an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: {chauvinist}, {jingoist},
            {flag-waver}, {hundred-percenter}, {patrioteer}]
       [also: {jingoes} (pl)]