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loyalist

/ˈlɔɪəlɪst/LOY-uh-list
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈlɔɪəlɪst/LOY-uh-list

Meaningone devoted to loyalty

Common meaning: a person who stays loyal to a ruler or government

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Journey through time

  1. Latinlegalis‘legal’source
  2. Frenchloyalsource
  3. Englishloyal‘faithful’
  4. Englishformed in English from loyalloyalist‘a person who stays loyal to a ruler or government’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from loyal + -ist.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LOYAL, p.343 · scan

Source words

  • legalis Latin · source word “legal”

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