Definitions for Loyalist

Loyalist loy·al·ist

Spelling: [loi-uh-list]
IPA: /ˈlɔɪ ə lɪst/

Loyalist is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in Loyalist (aillosty).

Definitions for Loyalist

noun

  1. a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution; Tory.
  3. (initial capital letter) an adherent of the republic during the Spanish Civil War, opposed to Franco.

Origin of Loyalist

First recorded in 1640-50; loyal + -ist

Examples for Loyalist

Beinart describes a Netanyahu loyalist and a right-winger—which is what the Israeli electorate endorsed twice.

A loyalist in grain, he bitterly opposed the rebellion of the colonists.

Would she, daughter of a loyalist, deign to notice him, a rebel?

Longworth was born in 1783 to loyalist parents in Newark, New Jersey.

The Foundation of Sirte, a local NGO, says that Abdul had no record of having been an active Gaddafi loyalist.

Upon being captured, Libyan forces tried to load him into a vehicle when loyalist forces engaged in a gunfight.

He held a copy of the first number of The loyalist in his hand.

A Tory pamphleteer of the time gives us the loyalist view of the affair.

But Assad loyalist strongholds and natural advantages in the surrounding mountains, can they take it?

The loyalist cannot do this, and consequently must sell a little dearer.

Word Value for Loyalist
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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