pa·tri·ot
noun/ˈpætriət/, /ˈpeɪtriət/
/ˈpeɪtriət/
- a person who loves their country and who is ready to defend it against an enemy
爱国者 - I wouldn’t say I’m a great patriot, but I would never betray my country.
我不会说我是个伟大的爱国者，但我绝不会出卖我的国家。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the late Latin sense): from French patriote, from late Latin patriota ‘fellow countryman’, from Greek patriōtēs, from patrios ‘of one's fathers’, from patris ‘fatherland’. - I wouldn’t say I’m a great patriot, but I would never betray my country.