Sentence:  The owner of the grist mill, Smith Bowen, was a patriot, but his father was thought to have Tory tendencies, and when they came to burn the mill he ran out waving his hands and crying, "Spare the mill for I am a <WSD>King's man</WSD>." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A Loyalist during the American Revolution, or any supporter of the king.