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late Loyalist
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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an American settler who moved into Canada (1790-1800) after the influx of the true refugees, the motive usually being to take advantage of the Crown lands being opened for settlement.
Quotations
1931
"On the other hand we have some twenty thousand 'later loyalists' as they are called, American Colonists who, loyal enough to Canada, have no great affection for Britain. They will likely swing to the winning side."
1943
The first wave of these people has sometimes been described as "late loyalists," a term of limited accuracy since most of them did not migrate for political reasons.
1963
The migration of the late loyalists was . . . part of this great [land] speculation. . . .