1421: chauvinist Nov 1, 2018

It isn't uncommon for words to come from names like 'john' or 'dolly', but usually these have to be very general. A few specific words, however, come from very particular source, such as 'chauvinistic'. This word, describing an extreme, blind sort of patriotism, as characterized by Nicolas Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran, in the play 'Cocarde Tricolore' (1831) by the Cogniard brothers.