Definition of loyalist in English:

loyalist

noun ˈlɔɪəlɪstˈlɔɪələst

1A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt.
（尤指叛乱时期）忠于现政权者
Tory loyalists
Example sentencesExamples
- But he blamed such strikes on terrorists and loyalists from the defunct regime.
- Only one loyalist had been interned and that was on a separate charge.
- Statements that denounce loyalist violence or comment on its increase are frequent.
- On that day he did not flinch from the reality of loyalist violence.
- The city is a stronghold of Islamic militant fighters and former regime loyalists.
- Rebels hold the north and loyalist forces the south of what was considered a haven of peace and prosperity until a 1999 coup.
- And he is scathing in his criticism of current manifestations of loyalist paramilitarism.
- The only delegates from the Russian side were Kremlin loyalists.
- They were puzzled and frustrated by the decision to get rid of all the guns when loyalists remain fully armed.
- In the past the mind of loyalist paramilitarism was just another factor in the wider political equation.
- It calls for a power-sharing government that loyalists say hands too much power to rebels.
- In this lucrative post he distributed many patronage jobs, rewarding party loyalists while also seeking to recognize merit.
- The faction of Moscow loyalists essentially waited and picked up the pieces of the shattered organization.
- Soulless indulgence, on top of a loss of confidence, had taken deep root, and this frightened loyalists most of all.
- Now all but the most unquestioning loyalists are having serious second thoughts.
- Criminals, saboteurs, and diehard regime loyalists must be detained and tried in a fair manner.
1. 1.1 A supporter of union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  拥护大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合者
  Example sentencesExamples
  For a long time journalists vaguely lumped together Nationalists, Republicans and the Irish State on one side of the equation, and the British States with Unionists and Loyalists on the other side of the equation.
  Loyalist marches in Northern Ireland have sparked some of the worst rioting in recent years.
  However, he alienated hard-line loyalists without offering substantive concessions to the Ulster Catholics.
  Although not stating so much at this point, this list of conjoined opposites will eventually also encompass Protestant and Catholic, Loyalist and Republican, Nationalist and Unionist.
  And as night fell, rioting erupted between rival gangs of nationalists and loyalists in the north of the city.
  The Loyalist working-class areas of Belfast suffer nothing like the level of social exclusion faced by the Roma.
  Top politicians and the press try to claim that Loyalists and Republicans are equally to blame for the violence in Northern Ireland.
  For loyalists, Catholic nationalists were being given a free run at depicting themselves falsely as citizens simply claiming rights.
  He revealed that more than half of those arrested during the rioting - both Loyalists and nationalists - were juveniles.
  Driving across Belfast, I entered some of the Loyalist and Nationalist districts and began photographing murals, fascinated by the scale of the artwork and the skill of the artists.
  On Monday Loyalist extremists had blockaded 125 main roads, closing down entire cities and towns.
  The Catholics had been under siege from two sectarian police forces and Loyalist mobs.
  Police were investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired as loyalists and nationalists confronted each other in Ardoyne.
  Nationalists and loyalists fought first each other, and then police who tried to separate them.
  There were vicious sectarian elements to the loyalist riots.
  He was injured as sustained attacks on the security forces by both nationalists and loyalists continued.
  The Ardoyne area remained tense last night as nationalists and loyalists braced themselves for more clashes following two nights of trouble.
  Meanwhile, another man was shot and wounded in Belfast as the loyalist feud continues.
  The case has been dogged by claims of British collusion with loyalist gunmen.
  The Loyalist exodus from Northern Ireland had arrived.
2. 1.2 A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.
  （美国独立战争时的）亲英分子，反对独立者，殖民主义者
  Example sentencesExamples
  Experts from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss battlefield tactics, the contribution of Loyalists and Native Americans, the role of officers, and the real reasons why the British forces failed to achieve victory.
  Colonial Loyalists and Southern unionists, who rejected outright the nascent nations where they resided, comprised another potential source of dissent, though never a cohesive one.
  In addition to the Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution, Canada became a sought-after destination for American farmers in search of cheaper land.
  In 1783, the arrival of Loyalists after the American War of Independence almost tripled the English-speaking population.
  But agents, both Loyalist and Revolutionary, were stirring up trouble among the Indians, casting the frontier into an uproar.
  Originally settled in the mid-17th century, it received a second population transfusion, of Loyalists, at the end of the American Revolution.
  But the final battle of the Revolutionary War occurred when Americans retaliated against Loyalist and Indian forces in the Ohio territory in November 1782.
  This coincided with an influx of black immigrants, mostly Loyalists who had served in the British Army during the American War of Independence.
  The history of the American Revolution and the settlement of various Loyalists in Nova Scotia are thoroughly investigated.
  The Auberge takes its name from the historic village of North Hatley, which was initially settled by British Loyalists after the American Declaration of Independence in 1776.
  I was inside like some church or meeting house, and there were a blend of people who were native-born Americans and English-born Loyalists.
  Per capita, Britain sent twenty-five times the number of migrants to North America compared to France, and Loyalists outnumbered the entire net French migration to Canada before 1800.
  Cornwallis hoped that many Loyalists would rally to the British cause, but in the event this support proved unreliable.
  After the American Revolution another influx of refugees arrived, Loyalists who like the Acadians had been driven from their homes.
  After the American Revolution, many British Loyalists settled in Canada.
  The Loyalists amongst the Colonials came out in crowds to see him, eager to show their allegiance now that it looked as if the revolution were sputtering out.
  The second phase switched British attentions to the south, where large numbers of Loyalists could be recruited.
  Then, in the mid-1780s, thousands of Loyalists came to the province in the wake of the American Revolution.

Derivatives

loyalism

noun

In recent years there has been much emphasis on the ways that it reinforced a variety of identities: church and king loyalism, patriotic Britishness, male authoritarianism.
Example sentencesExamples
- His entertainment prospered not only because it was exciting, but also because the authorities, who were usually suspicious of popular gatherings, tolerated its robust loyalism and martial overtones.
- He became MP in 1970 and formed the Democratic Unionist Party in 1971, trumping competition from the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party to represent working-class loyalism.
- However, he observed it was still unclear to what extent elements of unionism and loyalism were willing to commit to participating in such a debate on peaceful and democratic terms.
- Read on, for a compilation of rambling late night thoughts, mainly about unionism and loyalism but with a fair bit on republicanism.

Rhymes

royalist

Definition of loyalist in US English:

loyalist

nounˈlɔɪələstˈloiələst

1A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt.
（尤指叛乱时期）忠于现政权者
Tory loyalists
Example sentencesExamples
- On that day he did not flinch from the reality of loyalist violence.
- And he is scathing in his criticism of current manifestations of loyalist paramilitarism.
- Criminals, saboteurs, and diehard regime loyalists must be detained and tried in a fair manner.
- But he blamed such strikes on terrorists and loyalists from the defunct regime.
- The city is a stronghold of Islamic militant fighters and former regime loyalists.
- The only delegates from the Russian side were Kremlin loyalists.
- They were puzzled and frustrated by the decision to get rid of all the guns when loyalists remain fully armed.
- Rebels hold the north and loyalist forces the south of what was considered a haven of peace and prosperity until a 1999 coup.
- It calls for a power-sharing government that loyalists say hands too much power to rebels.
- Now all but the most unquestioning loyalists are having serious second thoughts.
- Statements that denounce loyalist violence or comment on its increase are frequent.
- In this lucrative post he distributed many patronage jobs, rewarding party loyalists while also seeking to recognize merit.
- Only one loyalist had been interned and that was on a separate charge.
- Soulless indulgence, on top of a loss of confidence, had taken deep root, and this frightened loyalists most of all.
- The faction of Moscow loyalists essentially waited and picked up the pieces of the shattered organization.
- In the past the mind of loyalist paramilitarism was just another factor in the wider political equation.
1. 1.1 A supporter of union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  拥护大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合者
  Example sentencesExamples
  For loyalists, Catholic nationalists were being given a free run at depicting themselves falsely as citizens simply claiming rights.
  Police were investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired as loyalists and nationalists confronted each other in Ardoyne.
  The Loyalist working-class areas of Belfast suffer nothing like the level of social exclusion faced by the Roma.
  The case has been dogged by claims of British collusion with loyalist gunmen.
  For a long time journalists vaguely lumped together Nationalists, Republicans and the Irish State on one side of the equation, and the British States with Unionists and Loyalists on the other side of the equation.
  Driving across Belfast, I entered some of the Loyalist and Nationalist districts and began photographing murals, fascinated by the scale of the artwork and the skill of the artists.
  On Monday Loyalist extremists had blockaded 125 main roads, closing down entire cities and towns.
  Top politicians and the press try to claim that Loyalists and Republicans are equally to blame for the violence in Northern Ireland.
  He was injured as sustained attacks on the security forces by both nationalists and loyalists continued.
  However, he alienated hard-line loyalists without offering substantive concessions to the Ulster Catholics.
  The Loyalist exodus from Northern Ireland had arrived.
  Although not stating so much at this point, this list of conjoined opposites will eventually also encompass Protestant and Catholic, Loyalist and Republican, Nationalist and Unionist.
  There were vicious sectarian elements to the loyalist riots.
  Loyalist marches in Northern Ireland have sparked some of the worst rioting in recent years.
  The Catholics had been under siege from two sectarian police forces and Loyalist mobs.
  The Ardoyne area remained tense last night as nationalists and loyalists braced themselves for more clashes following two nights of trouble.
  He revealed that more than half of those arrested during the rioting - both Loyalists and nationalists - were juveniles.
  And as night fell, rioting erupted between rival gangs of nationalists and loyalists in the north of the city.
  Meanwhile, another man was shot and wounded in Belfast as the loyalist feud continues.
  Nationalists and loyalists fought first each other, and then police who tried to separate them.
2. 1.2 A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.
  （美国独立战争时的）亲英分子，反对独立者，殖民主义者
  Example sentencesExamples
  In addition to the Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution, Canada became a sought-after destination for American farmers in search of cheaper land.
  Per capita, Britain sent twenty-five times the number of migrants to North America compared to France, and Loyalists outnumbered the entire net French migration to Canada before 1800.
  Originally settled in the mid-17th century, it received a second population transfusion, of Loyalists, at the end of the American Revolution.
  But agents, both Loyalist and Revolutionary, were stirring up trouble among the Indians, casting the frontier into an uproar.
  The Auberge takes its name from the historic village of North Hatley, which was initially settled by British Loyalists after the American Declaration of Independence in 1776.
  After the American Revolution another influx of refugees arrived, Loyalists who like the Acadians had been driven from their homes.
  This coincided with an influx of black immigrants, mostly Loyalists who had served in the British Army during the American War of Independence.
  I was inside like some church or meeting house, and there were a blend of people who were native-born Americans and English-born Loyalists.
  In 1783, the arrival of Loyalists after the American War of Independence almost tripled the English-speaking population.
  But the final battle of the Revolutionary War occurred when Americans retaliated against Loyalist and Indian forces in the Ohio territory in November 1782.
  The history of the American Revolution and the settlement of various Loyalists in Nova Scotia are thoroughly investigated.
  After the American Revolution, many British Loyalists settled in Canada.
  The second phase switched British attentions to the south, where large numbers of Loyalists could be recruited.
  Experts from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss battlefield tactics, the contribution of Loyalists and Native Americans, the role of officers, and the real reasons why the British forces failed to achieve victory.
  Then, in the mid-1780s, thousands of Loyalists came to the province in the wake of the American Revolution.
  Colonial Loyalists and Southern unionists, who rejected outright the nascent nations where they resided, comprised another potential source of dissent, though never a cohesive one.
  Cornwallis hoped that many Loyalists would rally to the British cause, but in the event this support proved unreliable.
  The Loyalists amongst the Colonials came out in crowds to see him, eager to show their allegiance now that it looked as if the revolution were sputtering out.

词汇	loyalist
释义	Definition of loyalist in English: loyalist noun ˈlɔɪəlɪstˈlɔɪələst 1A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt. （尤指叛乱时期）忠于现政权者 Tory loyalists Example sentencesExamples But he blamed such strikes on terrorists and loyalists from the defunct regime. Only one loyalist had been interned and that was on a separate charge. Statements that denounce loyalist violence or comment on its increase are frequent. On that day he did not flinch from the reality of loyalist violence. The city is a stronghold of Islamic militant fighters and former regime loyalists. Rebels hold the north and loyalist forces the south of what was considered a haven of peace and prosperity until a 1999 coup. And he is scathing in his criticism of current manifestations of loyalist paramilitarism. The only delegates from the Russian side were Kremlin loyalists. They were puzzled and frustrated by the decision to get rid of all the guns when loyalists remain fully armed. In the past the mind of loyalist paramilitarism was just another factor in the wider political equation. It calls for a power-sharing government that loyalists say hands too much power to rebels. In this lucrative post he distributed many patronage jobs, rewarding party loyalists while also seeking to recognize merit. The faction of Moscow loyalists essentially waited and picked up the pieces of the shattered organization. Soulless indulgence, on top of a loss of confidence, had taken deep root, and this frightened loyalists most of all. Now all but the most unquestioning loyalists are having serious second thoughts. Criminals, saboteurs, and diehard regime loyalists must be detained and tried in a fair manner. 1.1 A supporter of union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 拥护大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合者 Example sentencesExamples For a long time journalists vaguely lumped together Nationalists, Republicans and the Irish State on one side of the equation, and the British States with Unionists and Loyalists on the other side of the equation. Loyalist marches in Northern Ireland have sparked some of the worst rioting in recent years. However, he alienated hard-line loyalists without offering substantive concessions to the Ulster Catholics. Although not stating so much at this point, this list of conjoined opposites will eventually also encompass Protestant and Catholic, Loyalist and Republican, Nationalist and Unionist. And as night fell, rioting erupted between rival gangs of nationalists and loyalists in the north of the city. The Loyalist working-class areas of Belfast suffer nothing like the level of social exclusion faced by the Roma. Top politicians and the press try to claim that Loyalists and Republicans are equally to blame for the violence in Northern Ireland. For loyalists, Catholic nationalists were being given a free run at depicting themselves falsely as citizens simply claiming rights. He revealed that more than half of those arrested during the rioting - both Loyalists and nationalists - were juveniles. Driving across Belfast, I entered some of the Loyalist and Nationalist districts and began photographing murals, fascinated by the scale of the artwork and the skill of the artists. On Monday Loyalist extremists had blockaded 125 main roads, closing down entire cities and towns. The Catholics had been under siege from two sectarian police forces and Loyalist mobs. Police were investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired as loyalists and nationalists confronted each other in Ardoyne. Nationalists and loyalists fought first each other, and then police who tried to separate them. There were vicious sectarian elements to the loyalist riots. He was injured as sustained attacks on the security forces by both nationalists and loyalists continued. The Ardoyne area remained tense last night as nationalists and loyalists braced themselves for more clashes following two nights of trouble. Meanwhile, another man was shot and wounded in Belfast as the loyalist feud continues. The case has been dogged by claims of British collusion with loyalist gunmen. The Loyalist exodus from Northern Ireland had arrived. 1.2 A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause. （美国独立战争时的）亲英分子，反对独立者，殖民主义者 Example sentencesExamples Experts from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss battlefield tactics, the contribution of Loyalists and Native Americans, the role of officers, and the real reasons why the British forces failed to achieve victory. Colonial Loyalists and Southern unionists, who rejected outright the nascent nations where they resided, comprised another potential source of dissent, though never a cohesive one. In addition to the Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution, Canada became a sought-after destination for American farmers in search of cheaper land. In 1783, the arrival of Loyalists after the American War of Independence almost tripled the English-speaking population. But agents, both Loyalist and Revolutionary, were stirring up trouble among the Indians, casting the frontier into an uproar. Originally settled in the mid-17th century, it received a second population transfusion, of Loyalists, at the end of the American Revolution. But the final battle of the Revolutionary War occurred when Americans retaliated against Loyalist and Indian forces in the Ohio territory in November 1782. This coincided with an influx of black immigrants, mostly Loyalists who had served in the British Army during the American War of Independence. The history of the American Revolution and the settlement of various Loyalists in Nova Scotia are thoroughly investigated. The Auberge takes its name from the historic village of North Hatley, which was initially settled by British Loyalists after the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. I was inside like some church or meeting house, and there were a blend of people who were native-born Americans and English-born Loyalists. Per capita, Britain sent twenty-five times the number of migrants to North America compared to France, and Loyalists outnumbered the entire net French migration to Canada before 1800. Cornwallis hoped that many Loyalists would rally to the British cause, but in the event this support proved unreliable. After the American Revolution another influx of refugees arrived, Loyalists who like the Acadians had been driven from their homes. After the American Revolution, many British Loyalists settled in Canada. The Loyalists amongst the Colonials came out in crowds to see him, eager to show their allegiance now that it looked as if the revolution were sputtering out. The second phase switched British attentions to the south, where large numbers of Loyalists could be recruited. Then, in the mid-1780s, thousands of Loyalists came to the province in the wake of the American Revolution. Derivatives loyalism noun In recent years there has been much emphasis on the ways that it reinforced a variety of identities: church and king loyalism, patriotic Britishness, male authoritarianism. Example sentencesExamples His entertainment prospered not only because it was exciting, but also because the authorities, who were usually suspicious of popular gatherings, tolerated its robust loyalism and martial overtones. He became MP in 1970 and formed the Democratic Unionist Party in 1971, trumping competition from the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party to represent working-class loyalism. However, he observed it was still unclear to what extent elements of unionism and loyalism were willing to commit to participating in such a debate on peaceful and democratic terms. Read on, for a compilation of rambling late night thoughts, mainly about unionism and loyalism but with a fair bit on republicanism. Rhymes royalist Definition of loyalist in US English: loyalist nounˈlɔɪələstˈloiələst 1A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt. （尤指叛乱时期）忠于现政权者 Tory loyalists Example sentencesExamples On that day he did not flinch from the reality of loyalist violence. And he is scathing in his criticism of current manifestations of loyalist paramilitarism. Criminals, saboteurs, and diehard regime loyalists must be detained and tried in a fair manner. But he blamed such strikes on terrorists and loyalists from the defunct regime. The city is a stronghold of Islamic militant fighters and former regime loyalists. The only delegates from the Russian side were Kremlin loyalists. They were puzzled and frustrated by the decision to get rid of all the guns when loyalists remain fully armed. Rebels hold the north and loyalist forces the south of what was considered a haven of peace and prosperity until a 1999 coup. It calls for a power-sharing government that loyalists say hands too much power to rebels. Now all but the most unquestioning loyalists are having serious second thoughts. Statements that denounce loyalist violence or comment on its increase are frequent. In this lucrative post he distributed many patronage jobs, rewarding party loyalists while also seeking to recognize merit. Only one loyalist had been interned and that was on a separate charge. Soulless indulgence, on top of a loss of confidence, had taken deep root, and this frightened loyalists most of all. The faction of Moscow loyalists essentially waited and picked up the pieces of the shattered organization. In the past the mind of loyalist paramilitarism was just another factor in the wider political equation. 1.1 A supporter of union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 拥护大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合者 Example sentencesExamples For loyalists, Catholic nationalists were being given a free run at depicting themselves falsely as citizens simply claiming rights. Police were investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired as loyalists and nationalists confronted each other in Ardoyne. The Loyalist working-class areas of Belfast suffer nothing like the level of social exclusion faced by the Roma. The case has been dogged by claims of British collusion with loyalist gunmen. For a long time journalists vaguely lumped together Nationalists, Republicans and the Irish State on one side of the equation, and the British States with Unionists and Loyalists on the other side of the equation. Driving across Belfast, I entered some of the Loyalist and Nationalist districts and began photographing murals, fascinated by the scale of the artwork and the skill of the artists. On Monday Loyalist extremists had blockaded 125 main roads, closing down entire cities and towns. Top politicians and the press try to claim that Loyalists and Republicans are equally to blame for the violence in Northern Ireland. He was injured as sustained attacks on the security forces by both nationalists and loyalists continued. However, he alienated hard-line loyalists without offering substantive concessions to the Ulster Catholics. The Loyalist exodus from Northern Ireland had arrived. Although not stating so much at this point, this list of conjoined opposites will eventually also encompass Protestant and Catholic, Loyalist and Republican, Nationalist and Unionist. There were vicious sectarian elements to the loyalist riots. Loyalist marches in Northern Ireland have sparked some of the worst rioting in recent years. The Catholics had been under siege from two sectarian police forces and Loyalist mobs. The Ardoyne area remained tense last night as nationalists and loyalists braced themselves for more clashes following two nights of trouble. He revealed that more than half of those arrested during the rioting - both Loyalists and nationalists - were juveniles. And as night fell, rioting erupted between rival gangs of nationalists and loyalists in the north of the city. Meanwhile, another man was shot and wounded in Belfast as the loyalist feud continues. Nationalists and loyalists fought first each other, and then police who tried to separate them. 1.2 A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause. （美国独立战争时的）亲英分子，反对独立者，殖民主义者 Example sentencesExamples In addition to the Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution, Canada became a sought-after destination for American farmers in search of cheaper land. Per capita, Britain sent twenty-five times the number of migrants to North America compared to France, and Loyalists outnumbered the entire net French migration to Canada before 1800. Originally settled in the mid-17th century, it received a second population transfusion, of Loyalists, at the end of the American Revolution. But agents, both Loyalist and Revolutionary, were stirring up trouble among the Indians, casting the frontier into an uproar. The Auberge takes its name from the historic village of North Hatley, which was initially settled by British Loyalists after the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. After the American Revolution another influx of refugees arrived, Loyalists who like the Acadians had been driven from their homes. This coincided with an influx of black immigrants, mostly Loyalists who had served in the British Army during the American War of Independence. I was inside like some church or meeting house, and there were a blend of people who were native-born Americans and English-born Loyalists. In 1783, the arrival of Loyalists after the American War of Independence almost tripled the English-speaking population. But the final battle of the Revolutionary War occurred when Americans retaliated against Loyalist and Indian forces in the Ohio territory in November 1782. The history of the American Revolution and the settlement of various Loyalists in Nova Scotia are thoroughly investigated. After the American Revolution, many British Loyalists settled in Canada. The second phase switched British attentions to the south, where large numbers of Loyalists could be recruited. Experts from both sides of the Atlantic will discuss battlefield tactics, the contribution of Loyalists and Native Americans, the role of officers, and the real reasons why the British forces failed to achieve victory. Then, in the mid-1780s, thousands of Loyalists came to the province in the wake of the American Revolution. Colonial Loyalists and Southern unionists, who rejected outright the nascent nations where they resided, comprised another potential source of dissent, though never a cohesive one. Cornwallis hoped that many Loyalists would rally to the British cause, but in the event this support proved unreliable. The Loyalists amongst the Colonials came out in crowds to see him, eager to show their allegiance now that it looked as if the revolution were sputtering out.
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