United Empire Loyalist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They likewise coalesced, to some extent, with a few United Empire Loyalist families of exclusive pretensions, in whose veins the blood was supposed to possess an exceptionally cerulean tint.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by John Charles Dent
The most pugnacious United Empire Loyalist that ever trekked from the American colonies to Ontario and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick would hardly deny that Canada was grossly misgoverned under the French régime.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
His father was a United Empire Loyalist who had held some command in a volunteer regiment of New Jersey.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam
He was one of the United Empire Loyalist refugees, and received a grant of land on the Humber, near the site of the modern village of Weston.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
At his home, between Queenston and St. David's, dwelt a United Empire Loyalist, James Secord, recovering from dangerous wounds received in the battle of Queenston Heights.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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