A patriot is a person with the quality of

patriotism Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings, language relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or histor ...

. Patriot may also refer to:

Political and military groups

United States

Patriot (American Revolution) Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs, were the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution, and declared the United States of America an independent n ...

, those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution *

Patriot movement In the United States, the patriot movement is a term which is used to describe a conglomeration of non-unified right-wing populist, nationalist political movements, most notably far-right armed militias, sovereign citizens, and tax protester ...

, a small-government or anti-government conservative movement in the United States * Christian Patriot movement, a far-right conservative movement in the United States

Elsewhere

Patriot Party (disambiguation) Patriot Party or Patriotic Party may refer to: United States * Patriot Party (1970s), in the United States * Patriot Party (hypothetical United States party), a hypothetical political party proposed by Donald Trump * United Citizens Party of Sout ...

, various parties *

Patriots (Dutch Republic) The (; ) was a period of political instability in the Dutch Republic between approximately 1780 and 1787. Its name derives from the Patriots () faction who opposed the rule of the stadtholder, William V, Prince of Orange, and his supporters who ...

, a Dutch group that was opposed to the prinsgezindheid in the United Provinces in the 18th century *

Patriots (Ethiopia) The Arbegnoch () were Ethiopian resistance fighters in Italian East Africa from 1936 until 1941. They were known to the Italians as shifta. Organisation The Patriot movement was mostly based in the rural Shewa, Gondar and Gojjam provinces, th ...

or ''Airbegnoch'', Ethiopian resistance, 1939–1941 * Patriote movement, those who supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the Lower Canada Rebellion *

Hunter Patriots The Hunters' Lodge was the last of a series of secret organizations formed in 1838 in the United States during the Rebellions in the Canadas. The organization arose in Vermont among Lower Canadian refugees (the eastern division or Frères chasse ...

, in the Canadian Rebellions of 1836–1841 *

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ku, یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان, translit=Yekîtiya Nîştimanî ya Kurdistanê) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describe ...

, a political party in Kurdistan

Arts and media

Film and television

* ''Patriot'' (TV series), a 2015 Amazon TV series * ''

Patriot (film) A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism. Patriot may also refer to: Political and military groups United States * Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution * Patriot m ...

'', an upcoming Indonesian superhero film * ''Patriots'' (1937 film), a German film * ''Patriots'' (1994 film), an American film

Newspapers

* ''

California Patriot The ''California Patriot'' was an independent, student-run, glossy-covered opinion magazine at the University of California, Berkeley. History The magazine was started in 2000 by two 19-year-old sophomores, Tyler Monroe and Kelso Barnett. Overvi ...

'', a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley * ''

The Lebanon Patriot ''The Lebanon Patriot'', now defunct, was an American newspaper published weekly at Lebanon, Ohio, the seat of Warren County. The paper was founded by General Durbin Ward as a Democratic paper and first published on January 16, 1868. Warren C ...

'', a now-defunct American newspaper published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio * '' The Patriot Ledger'', a newspaper covering the south shore of Massachusetts

Other media

* Patriot (comics), two fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe sometimes referred to as "The Patriot" * ''Patriot'' (video game), a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War * '' Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse'' (1995/2009), the first book in the ''Patriots Novels Series'' by James Wesley Rawles * ''Patriot'' (album), a 2010 album by Tublatanka *

Iron Patriot The Iron Patriot is a patriotism-themed exoskeleton used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The concept of the Iron Patriot, which is meant to evoke Iron Man and Capta ...

, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * Sirius XM Patriot, a conservative satellite radio network

Companies

Patriot Coal Patriot Coal Corporation was a coal-mining company based in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States. The company is a spin-off of most of the Eastern U.S. operations of Peabody Energy. Patriot is the second largest coal miner east of the Miss ...

, a coal-mining company based in St. Louis, Missouri * Patriot Memory, a Silicon Valley memory and computer accessory manufacturer * Patriot Rail Company, an American short line railroad company

Places

* Patriot, Indiana, a town in the United States *

Patriot, Ohio Patriot is an unincorporated community in southern Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45658. Patriot is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. Public e ...

, a town in the United States * Patriot Place, a shopping and entertainment center next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass

Sports

Teams

El Paso Patriots El Paso Patriots was an American soccer team based in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1989, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southe ...

, a soccer team (USL Premier Development League), based in Texas * Fayetteville Patriots, in the National Basketball Development League, based in North Carolina *

George Mason Patriots The George Mason Patriots are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing George Mason University (GMU), located in Fairfax, Virginia. The Patriots compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of th ...

, in various sports, from George Mason University in Virginia *

Indonesia Patriots The Indonesia men's national basketball team represents the Republic of Indonesia in international basketball competitions. The governing body of the team is the ''Persatuan Bola Basket Seluruh Indonesia'' (Indonesian Basketball Association – ...

, nickname for the country's national basketball team *

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

, American football, in the National Football League and based in Massachusetts *

Ozark Patriots The Ozark Patriots were based in Ozark, Alabama. In 2002 they were members of the Southeastern League of Professional Baseball. They played their home games in Ozark, Alabama, at historic Eagle Stadium, which was constructed in 1946. A few Patrio ...

, a baseball team based in Alabama * Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey * Patriots Jet Team, a civilian aerobatic formation team in the United States *

Patriotas F.C. The ''Patriots'' novel series is a five-novel series by survivalist novelist and former U.S. Army officer and blogger, James Wesley Rawles. It is followed by his ''Counter-Caliphate Chronicles'' novel series. ''Patriots: A Novel of Survival in ...

, a soccer team of the Categoría Primera A, based in Colombia *

Patriot Candrabhaga F.C. Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Patriot Kota Bekasi (formerly known as PCB Persipasi), is an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi, West Java that competes in Liga 3. Their home base is Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium which is the inspiration for ...

, an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi, West Java

Other uses in sport

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...

, a college athletic conference in northeastern United States *

Patriot Stadium Patriot Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in El Paso, Texas. It was the home stadium of the PDL club, Chivas El Paso Patriots. The stadium replaced Dudley Field FirstBank Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is ...

, a soccer stadium in El Paso, Texas * Patriot Stadium (Indonesia), a soccer stadium in Bekasi, Indonesia

Vehicles

* ''Patriot'' (fireboat), a fireboat operated by Tampa, Florida * USS ''Patriot'' (MCM-7), a U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship launched in 1990 * LMS Patriot Class, a class of express passenger steam locomotive * Jeep Patriot, a compact SUV manufactured by FiatChrysler * UAZ Patriot, a mid-sized SUV manufactured by UAZ

Other uses

MIM-104 Patriot The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar compon ...

, a surface-to-air missile system * Patriot War of 1838–39, also called the Upper Canada Rebellion * Patriot Act, an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the September 11 attacks * Patriot (Worlds of Fun), a roller coaster in Worlds of Fun amusement park * Patriot (California's Great America), a floorless roller coaster