royalist — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.

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   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.

2. Of or characterized by royalism.

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   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.

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.

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   • Historical

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.

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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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   • Historical

Noun

1. an advocate of the principles of monarchy

   Synonyms

   monarchist

   Broader terms

   rightistright-winger