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Definition of Loyal
1. Adjective. Steadfast in allegiance or duty. "Loyal friends stood by him"
Similar to: Allegiant, Doglike, Hard-core, Hardcore, Leal, Liege, True-blue
Also: Patriotic
Antonyms: Disloyal
2. Adjective. Inspired by love for your country.
Similar to: Chauvinistic, Flag-waving, Jingoistic, Nationalistic, Superpatriotic, Ultranationalistic
Derivative terms: Patriotism
Antonyms: Unpatriotic
3. Adjective. Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. "Fast friends"
Definition of Loyal
1. a. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.
Definition of Loyal
1. Adjective. Firm in allegiance to a person or institution. ¹
2. Adjective. Faithful to a person or cause. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loyal
1. faithful to one's allegiance [adj -ALER, -ALEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loyal
Literary usage of Loyal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... The mighty years in long procession ran: Once more the godlike David waa re-
stor'd, 1031 And willing nations knew their lawful lord. mas, " the loyal ..."
2. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"What the President desired was the establishment of civil government by a loyal
people, with the reign of law and order everywhere recognized. ..."
3. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"Heywood's Royal King and loyal Subject he supposes to have been produced in
consequence of the revival in 1633 of Fletcher's loyal Subject. ..."
4. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"On the 17th of November, of the year just mentioned, the loyal Society met at
the Roebuck, to celebrate ... One of the tew members of the loyal Society who ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"A dear lovable woman, welcome at a sick bedside; as much in place there as when
facing an angry nation; contented in the home she made; the loyal friend; ..."
6. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... And, midmost, swift Achilles ; passionate tears He shed; for there upon his
loyal friend, Stark on a bier, and gash'd with wounds, he gazed ; Him had he ..."
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