Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change.
- noun One who supported the established government of Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A partizan supporter of an existing government; one who opposes insurrection or revolution.
- noun Specifically, in the American Revolution, a Tory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is
loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
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Examples
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I think the term loyalist and unionist are getting mixed up in this thread,
Army Rumour Service 2009
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I think the term loyalist and unionist are getting mixed up in this thread,
Army Rumour Service 2009
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Kremlin loyalist Sergei Sobyanin has been named to succeed Mr. Luzhkov, and the interim mayor has suspended construction of a museum in front of the Kremlin, a Luzhkov-backed project that enraged preservationists.
Moscow Permits Small Opposition Rally Richard Boudreaux 2010
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Membership of the main loyalist group, the UDA, was not at that stage illegal.
MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal Owen Bowcott 2010
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“She orders me around, too,” Alison Cook, a staunch loyalist from the beginning, admitted.
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“She orders me around, too,” Alison Cook, a staunch loyalist from the beginning, admitted.
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The idea that a long-term loyalist like Libby would suddenly flip and cause deeper problems for Cheney or Bush just to avoid a one or two year sentence in a low-security prison is laughable.
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"If they gut this team like they did that team, we'll never come back again," vowed Marlin loyalist Larry Johnson, a native Australian who lives in Homestead, Fla.
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Mussa Ibrahim, the government spokesman, confirmed that a long-term loyalist and former interior minister, Nasser al-Mabrouk Abdullah, who arrived in Egypt with his family on Monday, had defected.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Mussa Ibrahim, the government spokesman, confirmed that a long-term loyalist and former interior minister, Nasser al-Mabrouk Abdullah, who arrived in Egypt with his family on Monday, had defected.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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