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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But Marcos and his vice president have since had a bitter fallout, culminating in Sara Duterte’s impeachment last month by a lower house led by loyalists of Marcos.
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Reuters, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
So do other moves by Trump that signal greater ambitions to personalize the security forces, such as selecting loyalists to lead the FBI and Secret Service and purging the military lawyers who help soldiers abide by the law.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians have been reportedly killed amid intense clashes between the country’s new government and loyalists to the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the White House reportedly devolved into recriminations around Bondi’s original stunt and tried to assuage the MAGA loyalists who had used their large online platforms to criticize it.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
So do other moves by Trump that signal greater ambitions to personalize the security forces, such as selecting loyalists to lead the FBI and Secret Service and purging the military lawyers who help soldiers abide by the law.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians have been reportedly killed amid intense clashes between the country’s new government and loyalists to the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the White House reportedly devolved into recriminations around Bondi’s original stunt and tried to assuage the MAGA loyalists who had used their large online platforms to criticize it.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Loyalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loyalist. Accessed 2 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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