Definition of Fatherlands

1. fatherland [n] - See also: fatherland

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatherlands

father lasher
father lashers
father longlegs
father of chapel
father surrogate
fatherdom
fathered
fatherer
fatherers
fatherhood
fatherhoods
fathering
fatherland
fatherlands (current term)
fatherlasher
fatherlashers
fatherless
fatherlessness
fatherlike
fatherliness
fatherlinesses
fatherly
fathers
fathers-in-law
fathers-to-be
fathers of chapel
fathership
fatherships

Literary usage of Fatherlands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rome and Jerusalem: A Study in Jewish Nationalism by Moses Hess (1918)
"... —Jefferson—fatherlands and Sovereigns — Ubi bene ibi Patria—The Jewish incognito—The religion of death—Raise your standard high, my people. ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by American Social Science Association, National Conference on Social Welfare, Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1919)
"... as the only hope of the emancipation of their fatherlands; in rallying their sons to the colors of their adopted country or of their native lands; ..."

3. Magna Charta for America: James Abercromby's "An Examination of the Acts of by Jack Phillip Greene, James Abercromby, Charles F. Mullett, Edward C. Papenfuse (1986)
"The Festus quotation can be translated, "because they practically have two fatherlands, one by nature, and the other by law. ..."

4. The Greek anthology by William Roger Paton (1919)
"... hand to resist the attack of the Danai. And Pella, too, perished with Alexander. So fatherlands glory in men, their sons, not men in their fatherlands. ..."

5. French Educational Ideals of Today: An Anthology of the Molders of French by Frederic Ernest Farrington (1919)
"Each of the fatherlands which humanity has created in lands and under skies that are different, in diverse circumstances, has her own aptitudes, ..."

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