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loyalist

[loi-uh-list] / ˈlɔɪ ə lɪst /
NOUN
supporter
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She was a Loyalist, and her American husband-to-be was an officer in the British army, so she may have assumed that her political sympathies would protect her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Prior to his arrest he was described as an "interlocutor" working with the Loyalist Communities Council on transforming the UVF into a peaceful organisation.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

There was the report from the 1990s of a rumored treasure hoard buried at a long-lost colonial-era Loyalist fort.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

He later co-founded the Mississippi Loyalist Democrats, an amalgam of civil rights advocates that edged out the state’s white party regulars at the Democratic National Convention in 1968.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

A drummer started beating time, and the Union Jack rose to the top of the flagpole, accompanied by whistles and shouts from the lobsterbacks and Loyalist New Yorkers, who took off their hats in respect.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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