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Someone who stays strongly loyal to a leader, government, or cause, especially when other people around them are turning against it or rebelling. Often used historically or politically — for example, who stayed loyal to the British king during the American Revolution were called Loyalists. Today it's also used more loosely for someone extremely loyal to a brand or team.
（政治／歷史）效忠者、保皇黨；（口語）死忠支持者（品牌／球隊）
組成loyal + -ist (a suffix for "a person who supports or believes in something," as in "artist" or "socialist").
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Loyalistnoun
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historicalA member of any specific loyalist faction, particularly
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A member of any specific loyalist faction, particularly
Loyalistname
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A township municipality in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
loyalistnoun/ˈlɔɪəlɪst/
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A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
- Most estimates place one-third of Americans as loyalist, one-third on the fence, to be swayed by whomever was winning, and one-third rebel.
- Cobble Hill’s “first hipster bar” sports a “funky living room-ish setting” with “interesting” artwork on the walls and a “low-key” vibe in the air; a “cool” back garden and occasional “dorktastic trivia” contests lead loyalists to label it “one of the best on Atlantic” Avenue.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。