Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.

    Loyalist, Loyalistin

    лояли́стlojalíst, лояли́сткаlojalístka, вернопо́дданныйvernopóddannyj

    лоялістlojalist, лоялісткаlojalistka, льоялістlʹojalist

    a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

Examples

3 sentences
  1. What do you think you're doing letting the loyalists into the castle?

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  2. What were you thinking of in allowing the loyalists into the castle?

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  3. The Loyalists fled to Canada.

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Translations

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Deutsch
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a person who is loyal to a cause:

Origin

From loyal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of legalist.

From loyal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of legalist.

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Forms

plural: loyalists
Singularloyalist
Pluralloyalists

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt):stalwart

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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