Loyalist

:For the township in Canada, see Loyalist, Ontario

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In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. Two main historical groups of individuals have been specifically called "Loyalists" in English. For Loyalists in the American Revolutionary War, see the main article at Loyalist (American Revolution). The remainder of this article concerns Loyalists in the United Kingdom.

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A loyalist in Northern Ireland is another name for a Unionist who feels strongly about the political union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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In recent times, however, some sections of the media have devalued the term to refer to someone on the extreme fringe of unionism who resorts to murder, or threatens to do so, in what they perceive as their defence of their community, Protestantism, or Northern Ireland's position as part of the United Kingdom. Loyalists in Northern Ireland usually live in small working-class areas in the major urban centres, such as Belfast and Londonderry. The rest of this article mainly refers to this second definition.

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