Definition of: chauvinist

(shō′vən·ist) noun
1. Anyone absurdly jealous of his country's honor or puffed up with an exaggerated sense of national glory; an extravagant glorifier of his country.
2. One who is belligerently attached to his own race, group, etc.: white chauvinist. [after Nicolas Chauvin, an extremely devoted soldier and overzealous supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte]
—chau′vin·ism noun
—chau′vin·is′tic adjective
—chau′vin·is′ti·cal·ly adverb