loyal > define
adjective
- Steadfast in allegiance or duty.
- usage: "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him"
- Inspired by love for your country.
- synonyms: patriotic
- Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause.
- usage: "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier... Of Tippecanoe- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
- synonyms: firm, truehearted, fast
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.
- (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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary