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loyalism

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loy·al·ist

[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.

Origin:
1640–50; loyal + -ist

loy·al·ism, noun
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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loyalist (ˈlɔɪəlɪst)
 
n
a patriotic supporter of his sovereign or government
 
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loyalist
1680s, from loyal + -ist.
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