1. unionist - Noun
2. unionist - Adjective
One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.
A member or supporter of a trades union.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him. Ernest Bevin
We who represent the Unionist Party in England and Scotland have supported, and we mean to support to the end, the loyal minority [in Ireland]. We support them not because we are intolerant, but because their claims are just. Bonar Law
I'm Rally of Unionist Separist Extremes, sometimes known as the R. U. S. E. ... It's the party at present in power. Peter Ustinov
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist. Martin Niemöller
Whatever steps you may feel compelled to take, whether they are constitutional, or whether in the long run they are unconstitutional, you have the whole Unionist Party, under my leadership, behind you. Bonar Law
The unionist parties are giving ground. The status quo is indefensible, confidence in the nation is rising, the case for consulting the people is unanswerable. That debate on our future is more than conceptual, or philosophical. It must also be about practical steps. Alex Salmond