loyalist

See also: Loyalist

English

Etymology

From loyal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɪəlɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: loy‧al‧ist

Noun

loyalist (plural loyalists)

1. A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
   • 1999, Harry M. Ward, The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 35:

     Most estimates place one-third of Americans as loyalist, one-third on the fence, to be swayed by whomever was winning, and one-third rebel.

   • 2008, Curt Gathje, editor, New York City Nightlife 2008/09, New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, →ISBN, page 122:

     Cobble Hill’s “first hipster bar” sports a “funky living room-ish setting” with “interesting” artwork on the walls and a “low-key” vibe in the air; a “cool” back garden and occasional “dorktastic trivia” contests lead loyalists to label it “one of the best on Atlantic” Avenue.

   • 2013, Shu-mei Shih, Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 101:

     In this sense, a new loyalist aesthetic can also be perceived in simplistic works such as anticommunist literature and melancholic works such as nostalgic fiction and prose.

Related terms

• loyalism

Translations

a person who is loyal to a cause

• French: loyaliste (fr) m or f
• German: Loyalist m, Loyalistin f
• Irish: dílseoir m
• Italian: lealista (it) m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lojalist m

  Nynorsk: lojalist m

• Polish: lojalista m, lojalistka f
• Portuguese: lealista m or f
• Russian: лояли́ст (ru) m (lojalíst), лояли́стка (ru) f (lojalístka) (literary), вернопо́дданный (ru) m (vernopóddannyj), вернопо́дданная (ru) f (vernopóddannaja) (loyal subject)
• Spanish: lealista m or f
• Swedish: lojalast (sv) c

Anagrams

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