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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jingo \Jin"go\, noun; 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; a bellicose superpatriot or chavinist. [Cant, Eng.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jingoes See {jingo}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jingo
noun: an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: {chauvinist}, {jingoist}, {flag-waver}, {hundred-percenter}, {patrioteer}] [also: {jingoes} (pl)]
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