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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Patel breaks with Trump on Jan. 6 Patel’s nomination has worried critics who view him as a Trump loyalist who will seek retribution against the president’s political enemies.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Atef Najib was detained in the Latakia region, an Assad family stronghold where some loyalists of the former regime have taken refuge.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
The big picture: The memo is just the latest step in the White House's unprecedented move to push career federal workers out of their jobs, and, observers say, replace them with loyalists — a return to a patronage system that federal law sought to banish more than a century ago.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
Implied were armies of loyalists who expect Trump to have something of a free hand in putting together his team.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Atef Najib was detained in the Latakia region, an Assad family stronghold where some loyalists of the former regime have taken refuge.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
The big picture: The memo is just the latest step in the White House's unprecedented move to push career federal workers out of their jobs, and, observers say, replace them with loyalists — a return to a patronage system that federal law sought to banish more than a century ago.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
Implied were armies of loyalists who expect Trump to have something of a free hand in putting together his team.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 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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