[ noun ] a worker who belongs to a trade union <noun.person>
Unionist \Un"ion*ist\, n. 1. One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.
2. A member or supporter of a trades union.
"No way will unionist (Protestant) leaders sit down and talk to the mouthpiece of the IRA, Gerry Adams," Robinson said.
Mr Major, a self-declared unionist, cannot agree anything without the consent of the Protestant majority.
And they had better bloody believe it.' A sense of suspicion if not betrayal about what lies behind the declaration appears to run deep through the unionist grassroots. The Berlin Arms is just a block away from the scene of a recent IRA bomb attack.
NORTHERN Ireland's unionist and nationalist politicians will meet Irish and UK ministers in London today for talks on relations between Ulster and the Irish Republic.
Mr Albert Reynolds, the Irish prime minister, also sought to reassure unionist politicians that fears about Dublin's intentions were groundless. But Mr Molyneaux said the Major-Reynolds initiative was doomed.
Stephen P. Yokich, the UAW's Ford vice president, is considered a more traditional trade unionist.
Leaving Newry, we skirted beautiful Carlingford Loch to Annalong, where sections of the pavement are painted unionist red, white and blue.
Ubaldini's term does not expire until February 1990, and the fiery unionist pledged to stay on until then.
The going here will be no easier. Republicans have now embraced the principle of unionist consent, but only in the context of the right to self-determination of the Irish people as a whole.
A man of easy charm and humour, he quickly won the trust of his interlocutors. As a former trade unionist, he is a master of the strategic compromise.
Mr Major proclaimed himself The Major choice: a modified status quo or separation for Scotland a unionist because, he insists, the true choice is between a possibly modified status quo and outright separation of Scotland.
It is bound to attract unionist suspicion, while falling short of even moderate nationalist hopes, let alone those expressed by Mr McGuinness.
Three men in stripy suits and short socks arrive early at the council's office: a unionist, a bureaucrat and a private businessman who breeds minks.
But developments so far have already surprised some commentators who argued that unionist and nationalists could never work together.
'We shall be putting forward practical plans for a Unionist forum.' The unionist newspaper The Newsletter said it had been inundated with calls from readers registering disgust at the way Mr Paisley had been treated in Downing Street.