loyal

loyal
    adj 1: steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal
           friends stood by him" [ant: {disloyal}]
    2: inspired by love for your country [syn: {patriotic}, {loyal}]
       [ant: {disloyal}, {unpatriotic}]
    3: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm
       ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of
       Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast
       friends" [syn: {firm}, {loyal}, {truehearted}, {fast(a)}]
    

Loyal \Loy"al\, a. [F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr.
   lex, legis, law. See {Legal}, and cf. {Leal}.]
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   1. 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.
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            Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? 
            To help King Edward in his time of storm,
            As every loyal subject ought to do.   --Shak.
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   2. 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.
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            Your true and loyal wife.             --Shak.
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            Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves.   --Dryden.
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Loyal, OK (town, FIPS 44300)
  Location: 35.97280 N, 98.11734 W
  Population (1990): 76 (48 housing units)
  Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 73756
Loyal, WI (city, FIPS 46075)
  Location: 44.73612 N, 90.49641 W
  Population (1990): 1244 (550 housing units)
  Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 54446
    

Loyal, WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin
   Population (2000):    1308
   Housing Units (2000): 576
   Land area (2000):     1.374274 sq. miles (3.559353 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.374274 sq. miles (3.559353 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            46075
   Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
   Location:             44.737541 N, 90.496551 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     54446
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Loyal, WI
    Loyal
    

Loyal, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    81
   Housing Units (2000): 43
   Land area (2000):     0.078624 sq. miles (0.203634 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.078624 sq. miles (0.203634 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            44300
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             35.973684 N, 98.119052 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     73756
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Loyal, OK
    Loyal
    

LOYAL. Legal; according to law; as, loyal matrimony, a lawful marriage; 
attached to the existing law. 
    

144 Moby Thesaurus words for "loyal":
      abandoned, acquiescent, active, afire, ardent, assiduous, burning,
      committed, compliant, complying, conforming, conscientious,
      consistent, constant, continuing, dedicated, dependable, devoted,
      devout, diligent, dogged, duteous, dutiful, earnest, enduring,
      faithful, fervent, fervid, fiery, firm, fixed, flaming, flinty,
      hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, immovable, immutable,
      impassioned, in earnest, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable,
      industrious, inflexible, insistent, intense, intent, intent on,
      invincible, lasting, law-abiding, liege, marble-constant,
      meticulous, mindful, never-tiring, obedient, observant, obstinate,
      on fire, passionate, patient, patient as Job, patriotic, perfervid,
      permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting,
      pertinacious, plodding, plugging, practicing, preoccupied,
      punctilious, punctual, rapt, red-hot, regardful, relentless,
      reliable, resolute, scrupulous, sedulous, serious, set, settled,
      sincere, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, sot, spirited, stable,
      staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stubborn, submissive,
      tenacious, tireless, true, true-blue, trusted, trustworthy, trusty,
      unabating, unbending, unconquerable, undaunted, undeflectable,
      undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging,
      unflappable, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding,
      unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unshaken, unsleeping,
      unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking,
      unyielding, utterly attentive, vehement, warm, weariless,
      white-hot, willing, zealous