Patriot Explained

A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism.

Patriot(s) or The Patriot(s) 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, 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 (company) (Russian: ЧВК «Патриот»), a Russian private military and security company
• Patriot Party (disambiguation), various parties
• Patriotten, a Dutch political faction in the 18th century
• Arbegnoch (lit. patriots), Ethiopian resistance fighters, 1939–1941
• Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence), those who supported independence in South America, 1808–1833
• The Patriots (France), a French eurosceptic political party
• Patriote movement, a political movement in Québec, Canada, during the 19th century
• Hunter Patriots, in the Canadian Rebellions of 1836–1841
• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a political party in the region of “Kurdistan”.

Arts and media

Film and television

• The Patriot (1928 film), biographical film about Paul I of Russia
• The Patriots, a 1933 Boris Barnet film known as Okraina in Russia
• Patriots (1937 film), German film
• The Patriot (1938 film), French historical drama film
• The Patriot (1953 film), Iranian drama film
• The Patriots (TV series), 1962 Australian miniseries
• The Patriot (1986 film), action film directed by Frank Harris
• Patriots (1994 film), American film by Frank Kerr
• The Patriots (film), 1994 French film that starred Yvan Attal
• The Patriot (1998 film), Steven Seagal action film
• The Patriot (2000 film), film that stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger
  • The Patriot (soundtrack)
• Patriot (TV series), a 2015 Amazon TV series
• A Patriot (cancelled film), by White Lantern Films, starring Eva Green
• "The Patriot" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Newspapers

• California Patriot, a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley
• The Lebanon Patriot, now defunct, published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio
• The Patriot Ledger, covering the south shore of Massachusetts
• The Patriot-News, serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area

Other media

• The Patriot (play), a 1702 play by Charles Gildon
• The Patriot, a 1939 novel by Pearl S. Buck
• The Patriots (play), a 1943 play by Sidney Kingsley
• Patriots (play), a 2022 play by Peter Morgan
• Patriot (comics), comic book characters
• Patriot (video game), a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War
• Patriots (novel series), by James Wesley Rawles
• Patriot (Johnny Cash album), 1991 compilation
• Patriot (Tublatanka album), 2010 album
• Sirius XM Patriot, a conservative satellite radio network

Companies

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

Sports

• The Patriot (wrestler) (1961–2021), ring name of American pro Del Wilkes
• Tom Brandi (born 1966), second professional wrestler to use the ring name "The Patriot"
• The Patriots, a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Firebreaker Chip and Todd Champion

Teams

• El Paso Patriots, 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, 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, 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., 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, 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, a surface-to-air missile system
• Patriot (Worlds of Fun), a roller coaster
• Patriot (California's Great America), a roller coaster

See also

• Patriotism (disambiguation)
• Patriot Games (disambiguation)
• Swadeshabhimani (disambiguation), Indian term