Carlist

[ kahr-list ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
a partisan of Charles X of France, and of the elder branch of the Bourbons.

Carlist

/ ˈkɑːlɪst /

(in Spain) a supporter of Don Carlos or his descendants as the rightful kings of Spain
(in France) a supporter of Charles X or his descendants

Origin of Carlist¹

1820–30; < Spanish carlista or French carliste; -ist

The truth about the Carlist pretension is so little known in England that it may be well to state it.

To allow the heiress to the Crown to marry a Carlist seemed the surest way to reopen civil war, and upset the dynasty once more.

Then he came from the same stock, for his father was a Carlist, and his grandfather before him.

Toledo was a Carlist Colonel who had refused amnesty, and had declined to recognize the reigning dynasty!

In order to tease him and make him mad they recalled the enthusiasm of the Carlist party in Spain for Germany.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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