Patriot

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A patriot is someone who thinks, feels or voices expressions of patriotism, support for their country.

Patriot or Patriots may also refer to:

[edit] Politics

• Patriot (American Revolution) those who supported the American cause in the American Revolution
• USA PATRIOT Act, an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the attacks of September 11
• Patriots (faction), a Dutch group that opposed to the Orangists in the United Provinces in the 18th century
• Parti Patriote, a political party for Quebec nationalism in the early 19th century
• Les Patriotes, those who supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the Lower Canada Rebellion
• Christian Patriot movement, a far-right Christian conservative movement in the United States
• Patriot Party, various political parties

[edit] Military

• Patriot War of 1837–1838, a campaign in eastern Michigan in the United States and in the Windsor, Ontario area of Canada
  • Hunter Patriots, the rebels defeated in the Patriot War
• MIM-104 Patriot, a surface-to-air missile system (SAM)
• USS Patriot (MCM-7), a U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship
• Patriot A fictional assault pistol used in Metal Gear Solid 3

[edit] Newspapers

• The Patriot Ledger, a newspaper covering the south shore of Massachusetts
• California Patriot, a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley
• The Lebanon Patriot, a now-defunct American newspaper published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio

[edit] Observances

• Patriot Day, a U.S. holiday established in remembrance of those killed in the September 11th attacks
• Patriots' Day, a holiday in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, and Wisconsin in honor of Lexington and Concord.

[edit] Sports

• New England Patriots, an American football team of the National Football League, based in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
• El Paso Patriots, a soccer team of the USL Premier Development League, based in El Paso, Texas
  • Patriot Stadium, a soccer stadium in El Paso, Texas
• Fayetteville Patriots, a defunct basketball team of the National Basketball Development League team, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Ozark Patriots, a baseball team based in Ozark, Alabama
• Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey
• George Mason Patriots, the name given to the athletics teams from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia

[edit] Fiction

• Okraina (1933 film) aka The Patriots, a Soviet film by Boris Barnet
• Patriots (Metal Gear), a secret society in the Metal Gear video game series
• Patriot (comics), two separate fictional comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe
• Patriot (computer game), a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War

[edit] Technology

• Patriot Memory, a manufacturer of computer random access memory modules.
• Whelen Patriot Lightbar, Whelen Engineering Company, INC.

[edit] Other

• LMS Patriot Class, a class of express passenger steam locomotive
• Patriot (Worlds of Fun), a roller coaster in Worlds of Fun amusement park
• Patriot, Indiana, a town in the U.S.
• Patriot, Ohio, a town in the U.S.
• Jeep Patriot, a compact SUV manufactured by Chrysler, LLC
• UAZ Patriot, a mid-sized SUV manufactured by UAZ

[edit] See also

• The Patriot
• Patriot Games (disambiguation)

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