Definition of Jigo
Jingo, a name, of uncertain derivation, given to a political party
favourable to an aggressive, menacing policy in foreign affairs, and
first applied in 1877 to that political section in Great Britain which
provoked the Turco-Russian war.
- Wikipedia
Jin"go (?), n.; pl.
Jingoes (#). [Said to be a corruption of St.
Gingoulph.]
1. A word used as a jocular oath. "By
the living jingo." Goldsmith.
2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors,
aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. [Cant,
Eng.]
&fist; This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular
during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines
were as follows: --
We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we
do,
We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money
too.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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