n.; pl.Jingoes [ Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. A word used as a jocular oath. “By the living jingo.” Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose superpatriot or chavinist. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
☞ 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: -- [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is jingoistic; a bellicose patriot; an extreme bellicose nationalist; an aggressive chauvinist. Syn. -- chauvinist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]
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