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flag-waver

noun

Etymology

From flag + waver.

  1. derived from *webʰ-✻ — “to braid, weave”
  2. derived from *webaną✻ — “to weave”
  3. derived from vafra — “to move unsteadily, flicker”
  4. derived from *wabjaną✻ — “to cause to weave; to entangle; to wrap”
  5. derived from *wabbjan✻ — “to cause to weave; to entangle; to wrap”
  6. derived from wafian — “to wave”
  7. inherited from waveren — “to move back and forth, swing; to move unsteadily, totter; to shake, tremble; to wander; (figurative) to be changeable or unstable; to deviate”
  8. compounded as flag-waver — “flag + waver”

Definitions

  1. A highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause.

    • 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 […]
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA