Definition of "jingo" in English

noun

1. One who supports policy favouring war.

   • 1897 June 19, Carl Schurz, editorial: Armed or Unarmed Peace in Harper's Weekly, reprinted in 1913, Frederic Bancroft (editor), Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, The fact is that Mr. Roosevelt has always with perfect frankness confessed himself to be what is currently called a Jingo.
   • Spare me all the outrage and "pseudo jingo stuff" about Iran's imprisonment of our troops, said Peter Hitchens in The Mail on Sunday.