royalist

royalist

English

Etymology

royal +‎ -ist

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

supporter of monarchy

Catalan: reialista m or f Danish: royalist c Esperanto: rojalisto French: royaliste (fr) m or f Galician: realista m or f German: Königstreuer m, Königstreue f, Royalist (de) m, Royalistin (de) f Greek: φιλοβασιλικός (el) m (filovasilikós), βασιλόφρων (el) (vasilófron) Ido: royalisto (io)

Italian: realista (it) m or f Norwegian: Bokmål: rojalist m Nynorsk: rojalist m Polish: rojalista (pl) m, rojalistka f Russian: роялист (ru) m (rojalist) Spanish: realista (es) m or f Swedish: rojalist (sv) c

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