loyalist
noun
loy·al·ist
ˈlȯi-ə-list 
: one who is or remains loyal especially to a political cause, party, government, or sovereign
Examples of loyalist in a Sentence
die-hard loyalists engaging in espionage against the revolutionaries
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Johnston was both a patriotic American and a loyalist to the state that sent him to Congress.
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Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
With Democrats in the minority in both chambers of Congress and the Trump administration staffed by loyalists aiming to root out public and private dissent, the courts are liberals’ main venue for meaningful opposition to the president.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Critical regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, are now led by Trump loyalists.
—Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
Critics of the move worry that in nominating Caine, whom Trump has extolled as a loyalist, the president was seeking to fill top Defense leadership positions with those that wouldn’t dissent from his opinion, slanting the historically apolitical U.S. military in his favor.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
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Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
With Democrats in the minority in both chambers of Congress and the Trump administration staffed by loyalists aiming to root out public and private dissent, the courts are liberals’ main venue for meaningful opposition to the president.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Critical regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, are now led by Trump loyalists.
—Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
Critics of the move worry that in nominating Caine, whom Trump has extolled as a loyalist, the president was seeking to fill top Defense leadership positions with those that wouldn’t dissent from his opinion, slanting the historically apolitical U.S. military in his favor.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Loyalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loyalist. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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loyalist
noun
loy·al·ist
ˈlȯi-ə-ləst
: one who is or remains loyal to a political cause, government, or sovereign especially in times of revolt
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