Loyalist vs Republican

Loyalist

noun
  • A supporter of keeping Northern Ireland under British rule instead of unification with Ireland, usually from a Protestant background. 

  • A person from the 13 Colonies (of British North America from the eastern seaboard of mainland North America) who was in favor of remaining in the British Empire during the American Revolution. 

name
  • A township municipality in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. 

Republican

noun
  • An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland. 

  • A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States. 

  • A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War. 

  • A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France. 

  • A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States. 

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