loyalist
loyalist
Definition
loy·al·ist (-ist)
noun
- a person who is loyal; esp., one who supports the country's established government during times of revolt
- ☆ in the American Revolution, a colonist who was loyal to the British government
- in the Spanish Civil War, one who remained loyal to the Republic, opposing Franco's revolt
loy′·al·ism′ noun
loyalist
Synonyms
loyalist
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- kill: Three months later Brian Service was killed by loyalists.
- murder: A year before, on 12 February 1989, Eleanor McKerr's lawyer, Pat Finucane was murdered by loyalists in Belfast.
Adjective modifier
- so-called: So as the IRA decommission their weapons do they now demand that the so-called loyalists have to do the same immediately?
- former: The basic sense of it is, tho, that this continues to be former regime loyalists or recruited foreign fighters.
- American: The country became the refuge of thousands of American loyalists who would not desert Great Britain.
- British: With this defeat, thousands of British loyalists moved north into Canada.
- many: His action gained him hero status with many loyalists, including, one presumes, those who painted the Derry mural.
- other: Is he aware of what appears to be a loyalist feud in which there are attacks by loyalists on other loyalists?
Modifies a noun
- paramilitaries: First is the issue of the loyalist paramilitaries putting their weapons beyond use.
- parade: Republicans point to the numerous loyalist parades through the town center.
- paramilitarism: At the polls they almost always reject loyalist paramilitarism in very large numbers.
- ceasefire: The Reverend Roy Magee is a retired Presbyterian minister, credited with helping to broker the loyalist ceasefires of 1994.
- gunman: Loyalist gunmen kill 13 Catholics in revenge attacks for the Shankill bomb.
- feud: Is he aware of what appears to be a loyalist feud in which there are attacks by loyalists on other loyalists?
Noun used with modifier
- guild: All we would end up with is a bunch of stereotypical guild loyalists.
- regime: But there are also regime loyalists who have no interest in reconciliation.
- labor: Labor loyalist Polly Toynbee argues that you should ' Hold your nose, vote Blair and Brown will be the victor ' .
- party: It involves mobilizing supporters who are not party loyalists to be taken for granted.
- government: The disorganized revolt was then crushed by German troops and Bulgarian government loyalists, with fighting ending on 2 October.
- fringe: Fringe loyalists are now leading the call away from sectarianism.
