as in patriot
a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies
die-hard loyalists engaging in espionage against the revolutionaries
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Recent Examples of loyalist
Conservatives quickly began taking sides, with fiscal hawks backing Musk and Trump loyalists holding their ground.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Some loyalists were tarred and feathered, scalped, or even hanged.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Since Trump took office, numerous GOP lawmakers across the country have faced crowds hostile to Trump’s boundary-busting mass deportations, blanket pardons for loyalists, and other actions that have defined the early months of his second term.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 30 May 2025
Jurists worry that the vote on Sunday will pack the disciplinary court with Morena loyalists who hold the rest of the judiciary to the party line.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Some loyalists were tarred and feathered, scalped, or even hanged.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Since Trump took office, numerous GOP lawmakers across the country have faced crowds hostile to Trump’s boundary-busting mass deportations, blanket pardons for loyalists, and other actions that have defined the early months of his second term.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 30 May 2025
Jurists worry that the vote on Sunday will pack the disciplinary court with Morena loyalists who hold the rest of the judiciary to the party line.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loyalist
patriot
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At the dawn of the American Revolution, the patriots who went on to found our nation decided to buck their overlords in Britain, declare independence, and forge what was then the world’s only republican government.—
Daniel Twining,
National Review,
22 May 2025
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Maybe, beyond that, people were listening, patriots in mountain shelters, citizens in their houses, all risking their lives to listen to us.—
Ann Goldstein,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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“Loyalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loyalist. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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