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royalist

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Adjective

  1. royalistic

Noun

  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: a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
  3. 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. 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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