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hundred-percenter

American

[huhn-drid-per-sen-ter] / ˈhʌn drɪd pərˈsɛn tər /

noun

a completely patriotic, sometimes jingoistic person.

hundred-percenter British

noun

an extreme or unjustified nationalist

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Other Word Forms

hundred-percentism

noun

Etymology

Origin of hundred-percenter

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

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