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royalist

The English word “royalist” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.
  2. Of or characterized by royalism.

noun

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

Etymology

From royal + -ist.

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