ROYALIST

Royalist

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch. Most often, the term royalist is applied to a supporter of a current regime or one that has been recently overthrown to form a republic.

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royalist

Noun

  1. a monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal regime
  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. a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War
    2. a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution
    3. 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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