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Empire 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
1961
Ever since the Empire Loyalists fled across the border with their Yankee twangs and expressions, Canadians have been accused of speaking a verbal mish-mash of something between British English and American English.