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loyal

loy·al [ lóy əl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. faithful: remaining faithful to a country, person, ruler, government, or ideal

2. expressing loyalty: expressing or relating to loyalty

[Mid-16th century. < French, modern form of Old French loial, variant of leial< Latin legalis (see legal)]

loy·al·ly adverb
loy·al·ness noun
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