(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Loyalists are opposed to any restrictions and have blocked roads and rioted over the issue.
(2) Security forces have also tried to wrest back the Sunni stronghold of Tikrit from a loose alliance of Isis fighters, other jihadist groups and former Saddam Hussein loyalists.
(3) The Labour party erupted into open civil war as Ed Miliband loyalists and supporters of Johann Lamont, the Scottish Labour leader who resigned this weekend, exchanged accusations and insults.
(4) The only thing certain is that the effects of the referendum will be big.” Steven Morris Northern Ireland Facebook Twitter Pinterest A loyalist paramilitary mural in Belfast.
(5) One of Northern Ireland's most feared paramilitary hardmen has urged Ulster loyalists to keep out of Scotland's independence campaign because they could seriously damage the pro-UK cause.
(6) One of the two last strongholds of Gaddafi loyalists, the town of Bani Walid, has finally been contained, Libya's interim government has claimed, leaving only parts of the ousted tyrant's birthplace out of rebel reach.
(7) Republicans and nationalists used to believe that all the informers were on the loyalist side when in fact as we found out in having limited access to security file was it was nearly as big as on the republican side.” Bradley added that an already traumatised society such as Northern Ireland was being further traumatised by the political disagreements over how to deal with its violent past.
(8) Policing must be as robust against loyalist paramilitaries involved in violent protests over the union flag as it is towards dissident republicans, rank and file police officers have said.
(9) Loyalists say it is their duty to help defend the Islamic revolution.
(10) UUP to leave Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive Read more The revival of the independent monitoring commission (IMC), which had the task of examining the status of IRA and loyalist paramilitary ceasefires before devolution was restored nearly a decade ago, has been mooted as a way to rebuild the unionist community’s trust in republican goodwill and deter future ceasefire breaches.
(11) • New York 's Jonathan Chait declares Christie all but finished: "The e-mails prove that Christie’s loyalists closed the bridge deliberately as political retribution, not as a 'traffic study' as claimed.
(12) Yet he never revealed the open resentment with which some of the Kennedy loyalists greeted Johnson.
(13) "Finding out about Morrissey, and how controversial he is, just makes me understand less why people think you have to be a Morrissey loyalist to enjoy the Smiths.
(14) Saeed Jalili, right, a Khamenei hyper-loyalist, registers his candidacy.
(15) But Miliband's boost among party loyalists has not translated into a larger Labour lead with the Ipsos Mori poll now putting the two parties neck and neck on 35%.
(16) If the Parades Commission considers that the loyalist event falls within its remit, it could issue a determination that would limit its route, which currently passes the nationalist Short Strand.
(17) At a third meeting, on October 10, the loyalist discussed two other, unrelated murders.
(18) Sammy Duddy, who has died of a heart attack aged 62, was a founding member in 1971 of the largest loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).
(19) Trump loyalists stand by their man – but the resistance is taking root Read more The protesters are part of a sudden swell of liberal activism that has drawn millions to city streets and airport concourses across the US, in a startling show of resistance to Trump’s presidency.
(20) Beijing has promised universal suffrage for the election of its chief executive from 2017, but reformers are angry about restrictions that have been imposed on the process, including tight control of candidates by a nomination committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists.
Stalwart
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Stalworth
Example Sentences:
(1) The expansion comes hot on the heels of another year of stellar growth in which Primark edged closer to overtaking high street stalwart M&S in sales and profits.
(2) Tim Hudson, a rotation stalwart for years, is now in San Francisco.
(3) The revelations haven shaken one of the stalwarts of Japanese industry.
(4) It is a classic, thoroughly researched South Bank Show, made by one of the series' stalwarts, Gillian Greenwood.
(5) I know several stalwarts but they are few and far between.
(6) Tselane Tambo, daughter of the late ANC stalwart Oliver Tambo, reportedly posted on a social networking site: "So the Pres JZ has had his portrait painted and he doesn't like it.
(7) But she saved a special salvo for Walker for failing to support student loan refinancing options – just as the rightwing stalwart showed signs of weakness in the first formal polls since the first Republican debate last week.
(8) I am a stalwart supporter of the British judiciary who are the best in the world.
(9) There is one very obvious potential role model, and it is emphatically not that of her histrionic late mother-in-law – rather the Windsors' stalwart, long-serving and self-effacing patriarch.
(10) It makes sense, with the Juve stalwarts Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli and Leonardo Bonucci protecting 154-cap Gianluigi Buffon.
(11) Although magnesium and hydralazine remain the stalwarts of therapy, a number of other drugs have potential that may be realized in the future.
(12) The Democratic Alliance (DA) accused anti-apartheid stalwart Mamphela Ramphele of reneging on a deal to join the party before this year's elections and said "she cannot be trusted".
(13) Spencer Ackerman: ‘Eating with animal friends is heavenly’ Spencer Ackerman After 12 years of stalwart companionship, my dog Kingsley died on 21 March.
(14) High street stalwarts Next and Marks & Spencer have both shed 3.5%.
(15) Penny Mordaunt – defence secretary Mordaunt has been a stalwart on the airwaves for the leave campaign, is currently a defence minister and has been in the naval reserves.
(16) Ed has been a stalwart of popular music broadcasting for many years and over the past few Christmases, he brought back Junior Choice to the delight of millions of loyal listeners.
(17) But with the UK economy now growing again and the eurozone finally out of recession, investors are starting to look beyond stalwart stocks for slightly better, if riskier, prospects – hence the interest in Foxtons, Crest Nicholson and Zoopla, all linked to the housing market.
(18) So, Ukip is a party unable to agree on policy, split on ideological grounds, but also divided generationally, with the old stalwarts rejecting the tools of modern politics.
(19) "He's a good orator all right," said Des Pokrzywnicki, a Warburtons stalwart of 11 years.
(20) The debut of former English Premier League stalwart William Gallas for Perth Glory in Western Australia’s searing afternoon heat on Saturday marked the first time a Frenchman has taken the field in the A-League.