loyalist

loyal +‎ -ist

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɪəlɪst/
• Hyphenation: loy‧al‧ist

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.

   • 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.

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