Difference between revisions of "Jingo"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135222" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135222" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A word used as a jocular oath. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75388" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75388" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A name, of uncertain derivation, given to a political party favourable to an aggressive, menacing policy in foreign affairs, and first applied in 1877 to that political section in Great Britain which provoked the Turco-Russian war. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:35, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A word used as a jocular oath.
(2): ( n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name, of uncertain derivation, given to a political party favourable to an aggressive, menacing policy in foreign affairs, and first applied in 1877 to that political section in Great Britain which provoked the Turco-Russian war.
