jingo

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A word used as a jocular oath.

A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Never go to France Unless you know the lingo, If you do, like me, You will repent, by jingo. Thomas Hood

It is sometimes a comfort to me to think that the aeroplane is changing the conditions of warfare. In the next great war, we may see that sight unprecedented in all history, a jingo with a bullet-hole in him. George Orwell

Be as Radical as you like, be a Home Ruler if you must, but be a little Jingo if you can. Joseph Chamberlain

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