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 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 proteste ...

, a small-government or anti-government conservative movement in the United States *

Christian Patriot movement The Christian Patriot movement is a subset within the broader American Patriot movement that promotes and emphasizes Christian nationalism as their core goal and philosophy. Like the larger movement, it promotes a Historical revisionism, revisio ...

, a far-right conservative movement in the United States

Elsewhere

* Patriot Party (disambiguation), 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) or ''Airbegnoch'', Ethiopian resistance, 1939–1941 *

Patriote movement The patriotes movement was a political movement that existed in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) from the turn of the 19th century to the Patriote Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 and the subsequent Act of Union of 1840. The partisan embodiment of ...

, 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, a political party in Kurdistan

Arts and media

Film and television

* ''Patriot'' (TV series), a 2015 Amazon TV series * '' Patriot (film)'', 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'', a now-defunct American newspaper published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio * ''

The Patriot Ledger ''The Patriot Ledger'' is a daily newspaper in Quincy, Massachusetts, that serves the South Shore. It publishes Monday through Saturday. Known for its thorough news coverage of the 26 communities south of Boston, ''The Patriot Ledger'' has won ...

'', a newspaper covering the south shore of Massachusetts

Other media

Patriot (comics) Patriot is the name of four superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These include the Golden Age hero Jeffrey Mace and the modern-day characters Eli Bradley and Rayshaun Lucas. All three incarnations have made ...

, 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, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe *

Sirius XM Patriot SiriusXM Patriot is a conservative talk radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 125 and XM Satellite Radio channel 12 The channel features exclusive hosts such as Cam & Company froNRANews(until June 2018), David Webb, and Andrew Wilkow. It ...

, a conservative satellite radio network

Companies

* Patriot Coal, a coal-mining company based in St. Louis, Missouri *

Patriot Memory Patriot Memory is an American designer and manufacturer of PC-based USB flash drives, memory modules, solid state drives and gaming peripherals. Patriot Memory is based in Silicon Valley and designs, develops, manufactures and assembles computer c ...

, a Silicon Valley memory and computer accessory manufacturer *

Patriot Rail Company Patriot Rail Company LLC (Patriot Rail) is a holding company for a number of shortline railroads across the United States. In June 2012, Patriot Rail was acquired by SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners (SteelRiver). On August 8, 2022 Patriot Rai ...

, an American short line railroad company

Places

Patriot, Indiana Patriot is a town in Posey Township, Switzerland County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 209 at the 2010 census. Geography Patriot is located at (38.838215, −84.827764). It is the easternmost settlem ...

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

Patriot Place Patriot Place is an open-air shopping center owned by The Kraft Group built around Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution. It is located in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The first phase opened in fall 2 ...

, a shopping and entertainment center next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass

Sports

Teams

* El Paso Patriots, a soccer team (USL Premier Development League), based in Texas *

Fayetteville Patriots The Fayetteville Patriots were an NBA Development League team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Its logo design features a bald eagle's head and a basketball in the middle of a capital letter "P" with stars and stripes filling ...

, 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 t ...

, in various sports, from George Mason University in Virginia * Indonesia Patriots, nickname for the country's national basketball team * New England Patriots, American football, in the National Football League and based in Massachusetts * Ozark Patriots, a baseball team based in Alabama *

Somerset Patriots The Somerset Patriots are an American Minor League Baseball team based in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, that is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They compete in the Eastern League, known as the Double-A Northeast in 2021, and w ...

, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey *

Patriots Jet Team The Patriots Jet Team is a civilian aerobatic formation team that performs in air shows across the western United States of America. The team operates as a six-ship team, flying the Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros. The Patriots are based in Byro ...

, a civilian aerobatic formation team in the United States * Patriotas F.C., a soccer team of the Categoría Primera A, based in Colombia * Patriot Candrabhaga F.C., an Indonesian football club based in Bekasi, West Java

Other uses in sport

* Patriot League, 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) Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium ( id, Stadion Patriot Candrabhaga) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for association football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people. Patriot Stadium f ...

, 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 The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. The class was based on the chassis of the Roya ...

, a class of express passenger steam locomotive *

Jeep Patriot The Jeep Patriot (MK74) is a front-engine five-door compact crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Jeep, having debuted with the Jeep Compass in April 2006 at the New York Auto Show for the 2007 model year. Both cars, as well as Dodge Calibe ...

, a compact SUV manufactured by FiatChrysler *

UAZ Patriot The UAZ Patriot (UAZ-3163) is a mid-size body-on-frame SUV produced by the UAZ division of SeverstalAvto in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It was introduced in 2005 and replaced the older UAZ Simbir (UAZ-3162). Extensive use of newer parts, large carr ...

, a mid-sized SUV manufactured by UAZ

Other uses

* MIM-104 Patriot, a surface-to-air missile system *

Patriot War The Patriot War was a conflict along the Canada–United States border in which bands of raiders attacked the British colony of Upper Canada more than a dozen times between December 1837 and December 1838. This so-called war was not a conflic ...

of 1838–39, also called the Upper Canada Rebellion *

Patriot Act The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. The formal name of the statute is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appro ...

, an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the September 11 attacks *

Patriot (Worlds of Fun) Patriot is an inverted roller coaster located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the inverted coaster opened to the public on April 8, 2006. It features four inversions, a height of , and a track leng ...

, a roller coaster in Worlds of Fun amusement park *

Patriot (California's Great America) Patriot is a floorless roller coaster located in Hometown Square at the California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, California, United States. The roller coaster originally opened as Vortex on March 9, 1991. It was a stand-up roller ...

, a floorless roller coaster