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royalist en · ADJ

Etymology

From royal + -ist.

Meanings

1. Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.
   • For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle:
2. Of or characterized by royalism.
   • His father... was the son of Elijah C. West, who, being of royalist belief, found Massachusetts an uncongenial home during the Revolutionary period and therefore migrated to Nova Scotia. 1898, ‘’Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity Colorado..., p. 1271

Forms

Deriveds

ultraroyalist · nonroyalist · royalistic · unroyalist · royalistical · more royalist than the king

Synonyms

monarchistic · monarchist · royalistical · royalistic

royalist en · NOUN

Etymology

From royal + -ist.

Meanings

1. A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
2. (historical) 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.
3. (historical) 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 the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
4. (historical) 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.

Forms

Antonyms

republican · democrat

Relateds

royalism

Synonyms

supporter of a royal régime (basilean (obsolete))

Translations (29)

fr royaliste (supporter of monarchy) · ko 왕정주의자 (supporter of monarchy) · cy brenhinwr (supporter of monarchy) · es realista (supporter of monarchy) · bg монархист (supporter of monarchy) · pl rojalista (supporter of monarchy) · sv rojalist (supporter of monarchy) · kk роялист (supporter of monarchy) · nb rojalist (supporter of monarchy) · pl rojalistka (supporter of monarchy) · ru рояли́ст (supporter of monarchy) · fa سلطنت طلب (supporter of monarchy) · el βασιλόφρων (supporter of monarchy) · fi rojalisti (supporter of monarchy) · cy brenhinwraig (supporter of monarchy) · da royalist (supporter of monarchy) · eo rojalisto (supporter of monarchy) · gl realista (supporter of monarchy) · nn rojalist (supporter of monarchy) · de Königstreue (supporter of monarchy) · de Königstreuer (supporter of monarchy) · ca reialista (supporter of monarchy) · it realista (supporter of monarchy) · ga ríogaí (supporter of monarchy) · de Royalistin (supporter of monarchy) · fi monarkisti (supporter of monarchy) · el φιλοβασιλικός (supporter of monarchy) · de Royalist (supporter of monarchy) · io royalisto (supporter of monarchy)