flag-waver

[flag-wey-ver] /ˈflægˌweɪ vər/
noun
1.
a person who signals by waving a flag.
2.
an enthusiastic, demonstrative patriot.
3.
a song or musical number intended to arouse patriotic fervor.
Origin
1890-95
Examples from the web for flag-waver
  • Waters, a publisher of books, has ironically found himself a flag-waver in a movement to re-privilege articles.
Slang definitions & phrases for flag-waver

flag-waver

noun
  1. A conspicuously patriotic person; superpatriot
  2. A book, play, etc, that is strongly patriotic (1890s+)