fatherland
noun
Origin of fatherland
Examples from the Web for fatherland
Contemporary Examples of fatherland
Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, many old Nazis managed discreetly to trickle back to what they regarded as the Fatherland.
For his loyal work on behalf of Putin, Zharov was duly awarded for his “service to the Fatherland.”
Meet the Censors, Propagandists and Outright Liars Who Won Putin’s PulitzersJames Kirchick
May 5, 2014
Lieut. Wilhelm Winter says at the outset that he is fighting for the Fatherland, but by 1941 he is fighting for the Fuhrer.
From his revolutionary comrades in Cuba, he borrowed the slogan “patria, socialismo o muerte”—fatherland, socialism or death.
The fatherland is a shambles, Bolivarian socialism has failed, and Comandante Chávez is dead.
Historical Examples of fatherland
The plains were fatherland and mother-country, home and kindred, to Tom.
The Village Watch-Tower(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
There, in his fatherland, he will exhibit his own type of Christianity.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
In the meantime both my brothers have died fighting for the Fatherland.
Blood and IronJohn Hubert Greusel
So that, by reason of their fatherland, each several citizen can live at quiet and secure.
HieroXenophon
And herein it is open to us to praise both his fatherland and his family.
AgesilausXenophon