A patriot is a person with the quality of

patriotism Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to one's country or state. This attachment can be a combination of different feelings for things such as the language of one's homeland, and its ethnic, cultural, politic ...

. Patriot(s) or The Patriot(s) may also refer to:

Political and military groups

United States

Patriot (American Revolution) Patriots (also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs) were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era and supported and helped launch the Ame ...

, 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 * Patriots for Europe, a group in the European Parliament

Arts and media

Film

* ''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 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 starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger ** ''The Patriot'' (soundtrack) * ''A Patriot'', a film by White Lantern Films cancelled in 2020, starring Eva Green

TV series

* ''Patriot'' (TV series), a 2015 Amazon TV series * ''The Patriots'' (TV series), 1962 Australian miniseries * "The Patriot", episode 10 of season 4 of TV series ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2016-2017) * Hapatriotim (The Patriots), daily Israeli television program

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 * ''The Patriot'', published by the South Australian Temperance Alliance

Books

* ''The Patriot'', a 1939 novel by Pearl S. Buck *'' Patriot: A Memoir'', a 2024 posthumous memoir by Russian dissident Alexei Navalny * ''Patriots'' (novel series), by James Wesley Rawles

Plays

* ''The Patriot'' (play), a 1702 play by Charles Gildon * ''The Patriots'' (play), a 1943 play by Sidney Kingsley * ''Patriots'' (play), a 2022 play by Peter Morgan

Other media

* Patriot (comics), comic book characters * ''Patriot'' (video game), a 1993 strategy game about the Gulf War * ''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 Dark Patriot (born 1969), American professional wrestler Doug Gilbert * ''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 The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The Pa ...

, 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 The Patriot League is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference comprising primarily leading Private university, private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United ...

, 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 The MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives it ...

, a surface-to-air missile system * Patriot (Worlds of Fun), a roller coaster * Patriot (California's Great America), a roller coaster