Loyalist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loyalist \Loy"al*ist\, n.
     A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful
     authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to
     his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of
     revolt or revolution.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loyalist
       n : a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in
           times of revolt) [syn: {stalwart}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "loyalist":
     Conservative, Democrat, Labourite, Republican, Tory, Whig, heeler,
     partisan, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member,
     party wheelhorse, patriot, registered Democrat,
     registered Republican, regular, stalwart, ward heeler,
     wheelhorse