jingoes
Meaning of jingoes
- a vociferous supporter of policy favouring war, especially in the name of patriotism.
the feverish excitement of the jingo crowds
late 17th century (originally a conjuror's word): by jingo (and the noun sense) come from a popular song adopted by those supporting the sending of a British fleet into Turkish waters to resist Russia in 1878. The chorus ran: ‘We don't want to fight, yet by Jingo! if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, and got the money too’.
Information about jingoes
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of jingoes
jin-goes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- jingoes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with jingoes
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