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Royalist
Meaning
Noun
●
A
monarchist
(supporter of
monarchy
) or
supporter
of a particular
royal
régime.
●
A
legitimist
, a
supporter
of a particular
royal
line
, especially one
in danger
of being
dispossessed
of a
throne
or
actually
dispossessed
of such, and
claiming
to have the better
claim
to the
throne
on the basis of
line
of
descent
; especially:
a Cavalier, a
supporter
of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
a
supporter
of
th
e House of Bourbon, in France since
th
e 18th
century
and especially during
th
e French Revolution.
●
In People:
A
legitimist
, a
supporter
of a particular
royal
line
, especially one
in danger
of being
dispossessed
of a
throne
or
actually
dispossessed
of such, and
claiming
to have the better
claim
to the
throne
on the basis of
line
of
descent
; especially:
a
supporter
of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
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Origin
royalist
English
-ist
English
royal
English
roial
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
regalis
Latin
-alis
Latin
rex
Latin
Sourced from
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