Meaning of flag-waver | Babel Free

Definitions

A highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause.

Examples

“In every organization exists a number of so-called flagwavers. Their principal stock in trade is a boisterous verbal display of loyalty to the cause […]”

“And the hardcore group of some fifty North Viet flagwavers, they're toting the yellow-star standard as if they owned it! And does General Giap know his battles are being won with the aid of every last boy and girl fluttering their flags […]”

“These kinds of empirical studies might seem like the best way of countering the claims of post-bureaucracy's flag-wavers. They certainly act as an antidote to the extravagant and self-serving claims […]”

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