chauvinist

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And if I am a Russian chauvinist, then I stand in repudiation of your claim that Russians would rather cut out their tongues than utter a syllable in Ukrainian.

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  1. A person imbued with chauvinism; a chauvin. During the Crimean War they [the Slavophils] were known to be among the extreme Chauvinists who urged the necessity of planting the Greek cross on the desecrated dome of St. Sophia in Constantinople, and hoped to see the Emperor proclaimed “Panslavonic Tsar.” D. M. Wallace, Russia, p. 411. The Russian Chauvinists were flattered by seeing that the “true German Baron,” which Bismarck affected to be, followed with much closer attention than any of his colleagues the new liberal movement in our [Russia's] Press and literature. Translated in Lowe′s Bismarck, I. 244.

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  • ;The Fallaji are typically chauvinist, and the Suwwardi the worst of the pack. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • He ;d never considered himself a chauvinist, but he was glad he was her first lover. —  Gettin' It On
  • "I've been accused— recently as a matter of fact—of being just another chauvinist, Good Old Boy southern cop, but I'm real open-minded when it comes to sex." —  Ross, JoAnn - Stewart Sisters 03 - Out Of The Storm.html
  • They would only do it for chauvinist, nationalist and selfish reasons. —  Party for Socialism and Liberation Stories
  • And at its epicenter stands another charismatic Gujarati, Narendra Modi, the chief minister of Gujarat, an icon of India's economic growth and development, and a leading force in the Hindu-chauvinist
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