royalist

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Noun

royalist (plural royalists)

1. A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
2. 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:
   1. (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
   2. (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
   3. (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.

Synonyms

• (supporter of a royal régime) basilean (obsolete)

Antonyms

• republican

Related terms

• royalism

Translations

• French: royaliste
• German: Königstreuer, Königstreue, Royalist, Royalistin
• Italian: realista
• Russian: роялист
• Spanish: realista

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