Definition of "loyalist"

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.

1999, Harry M. Ward, The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society, Psychology Press, page 35

In this sense, a new loyalist aesthetic can also be perceived in simplistic works such as anticommunist literature and melancholic works such as nostalgic fiction and prose.

2013, Shu-mei Shih, Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader, Columbia University Press, page 101