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loyalist

[ loi-uh-list ]

noun

  1. a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution; Tory.
  3. (initial capital letter) an adherent of the republic during the Spanish Civil War, opposed to Franco.


Loyalist

1

/ ˈlɔɪəlɪst /

noun

  1. (in Northern Ireland) any of the Protestants wishing to retain Ulster's link with Britain
  2. (in North America) an American colonist who supported Britain during the War of American Independence
  3. (in Canada) short for United Empire Loyalist
  4. (during the Spanish Civil War) a supporter of the republican government


loyalist

2

/ ˈlɔɪəlɪst /

noun

  1. a patriotic supporter of his sovereign or government

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Derived Forms

  • ˈloyalism, noun

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Other Words From

  • loyal·ism noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of loyalist1

First recorded in 1640–50; loyal + -ist

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Example Sentences

Longworth was born in 1783 to Loyalist parents in Newark, New Jersey.

Beinart describes a Netanyahu loyalist and a right-winger—which is what the Israeli electorate endorsed twice.

But Assad loyalist strongholds and natural advantages in the surrounding mountains, can they take it?

A stick-shift loyalist—even in the dead heat of Washington, D.C., traffic—Wood is a hopeless, car-loving, romantic.

“It has been vicious,” says a Rice loyalist who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The loyalist forces now scoured the insurgent districts, and it was found impossible to prevent many excesses from taking place.

The jailer, a loyalist, retained his position as a civil detail, thus protecting himself and sons from conscription.

Burgoyne fell into the error, common throughout the war, of trusting too much to loyalist help.

Throughout the terrible events of 1789 Mirabeau was consistent as a loyalist and as a patriot.

The medicine was a great loss: there was no more within reach for rebel or loyalist.

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