DCHP-3

British Loyalist

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one of a large number of persons loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, many of whom came to the eastern provinces of Canada as settlers during the Revolution and for some years afterwards.

Quotations

1899
Large numbers of disbanded officers and soldiers, with civilians who were quitting the United States as British Loyalists, thus became the pioneers of civilization and founders of a new colony.