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royalist

[roi-uh-list]

roy·al·ist

[roi-uh-list]
noun
1.
a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
2.
(initial capital letter) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
3.
a loyalist in the american revolution; Tory.
4.
(initial capital letter) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.
adjective
5.
of or pertaining to royalists: royalist sympathies.

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Origin:
1635–45; royal + -ist

roy·al·ism, noun
roy·al·is·tic, adjective
an·ti·roy·al·ism, noun
an·ti·roy·al·ist, noun, adjective
non·roy·al·ist, noun
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ul·tra·roy·al·ist, noun, adjective
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royalist (ˈrɔɪəlɪst)
 
n
1.  a supporter of a monarch or monarchy, esp a supporter of the Stuarts during the English Civil War
2.  informal an extreme reactionary or conservative: an economic royalist
 
adj
3.  of, characteristic of, or relating to royalists
 
'royalism
 
n

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