Patriot
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A patriot is someone who feels patriotism, support for their country.
Patriot or Patriots may also refer to:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Patriot Day, a U.S. day of remembrance for those killed in 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.