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Loyalist

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Loyalist

Member of approximately 30% of the US population who remained loyal to Britain in the American Revolution. Many Loyalists went to eastern Ontario, Canada, after 1783.

Known as Tories, most were crown officials, Anglican clergy, and economically advantaged, although they were represented in every segment of colonial society.

The term also refers to people in Northern Ireland who wish to remain part of the UK rather than unifying with the Republic of Ireland. Those espousing loyalism in Northern Ireland are willing to use, or support the use of, violence to achieve this aim.



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That was a moment when a loyalist and an aristocrat like Hutchinson might have learned how powerless are kings, nobles, and great men, when the low and humble range themselves against them.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
After Jos went to Court, which we may be sure he did as a loyal subject of his Sovereign (showing himself in his full court suit at the Club, whither Dobbin came to fetch him in a very shabby old uniform) he who had always been a staunch Loyalist and admirer of George IV, became such a tremendous Tory and pillar of the State that he was for having Amelia to go to a Drawing-room, too.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Others of the more learned in songs also celebrated his praises in a sort of ballad, which I take to have been written by some Irish loyalist.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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