Question

he fled with boatloads of loyalists to the yucatan peninsula, promising to return. source: 1491 in this sentence, loyalists means: people who are deprived of the rights of citizenship people who are faithful to a country, party, or cause people who are the aim of an attack by a hostile influence people who leave one country to settle in another

Explanation:

The word "loyalists" is derived from the root word "loyal", which means faithful or devoted. So, "loyalists" would refer to people who are faithful to a country, party, or cause.

Answer:

people who are faithful to a country, party, or cause