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A '''patriot''' is someone who feels '''[[patriotism]]''', support for their country.
'''Patriot''' or '''Patriots''' may also refer to:
== Politics ==
* [[Patriot (American Revolution)]] those who supported the American cause in the American Revolution
* [[USA PATRIOT Act]], an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the attacks of September 11
* [[Patriots (faction)]], a Dutch group that opposed to the Orangists in the United Provinces in the 18th century
* [[Parti Patriote]], a political party for Quebec nationalism in the early 19th century
* [[Les Patriotes]], those who supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the Lower Canada Rebellion
* [[Christian Patriot movement]], a far-right Christian conservative movement in the United States
* [[Patriot Party]], various political parties
== Military ==
* [[Patriot War]] of 1837–1838, a campaign in eastern Michigan in the United States and in the Windsor, Ontario area of Canada
**[[Frères chasseurs|Hunter Patriots]], the rebels defeated in the Patriot War
* [[MIM-104 Patriot]], a surface-to-air missile system (SAM)
* [[USS Patriot (MCM-7)|USS ''Patriot'' (MCM-7)]], a U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship
== Newspapers ==
* ''[[The Patriot Ledger]]'', a newspaper covering the south shore of Massachusetts
* ''[[California Patriot]]'', a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley
* ''[[The Lebanon Patriot]]'', a now-defunct American newspaper published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio
== Observances ==
* [[Patriot Day]], a U.S. holiday established in remembrance of those killed in the [[September 11th attacks]]
* [[Patriots' Day]], a holiday in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, and Wisconsin in honor of Lexington and Concord.
== Sports==
* [[New England Patriots]], an American football team of the National Football League, based in Foxborough, Massachusetts
* [[El Paso Patriots]], a soccer team of the USL Premier Development League, based in El Paso, Texas
** [[Patriot Stadium]], a soccer stadium in El Paso, Texas
* [[Fayetteville Patriots]], a defunct basketball team of the National Basketball Development League team, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina
* [[Ozark Patriots]], a baseball team based in Ozark, Alabama
* [[Somerset Patriots]], a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey
* [[George Mason Patriots]], the name given to the athletics teams from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia
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==Fiction==
* [[Patriots (Metal Gear)]], a secret society in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series
* [[Patriot (comics)]], two separate fictional comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe
* [[Patriot (computer game)|''Patriot'' (computer game)]], a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War
==Technology==
* [[Patriot Memory]], a manufacturer of computer [[random access memory]] modules.
== Other ==
* [[LMS Patriot Class]], a class of express passenger steam locomotive
* [[Patriot (Worlds of Fun)]], a roller coaster in Worlds of Fun amusement park
* [[Patriot, Indiana]], a town in the U.S.
* [[Patriot, Ohio]], a town in the U.S.
* [[Jeep Patriot]], a compact SUV manufactured by Chrysler, LLC
* [[UAZ Patriot]], a mid-sized SUV manufactured by UAZ
==See also==
*[[The Patriot]]
*[[Patriot Games (disambiguation)]]
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