Definition of "fatherland" []

• One's native land. (noun)
• The land of one's ancestors. (noun)

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• "Hitler used the term fatherland to drum up support, nationalistic support, for his growing war machine."
• "In England, however, neither the term fatherland nor the term motherland is in common use."
• "As for the phrase fatherland or freedom, this is knowing how to say fatherland or freedom when one has to say fatherland or freedom."