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roy·al·ist

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–noun

1.	a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, esp. 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.

[Origin: 1635–45; royal + -ist

]

—Related forms

roy·al·ism, noun

roy·al·is·tic, adjective

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cav·a·lier Audio Help (kāv'ə-lîr') Pronunciation Key
n.

A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman.
A mounted soldier; a knight.
Cavalier A supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist.

adj.

Showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others.
Carefree and nonchalant; jaunty.
Cavalier Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I.

[French, horseman, from Old Italian cavaliere, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus, horse.]

cav'a·lier'ly adv.

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roy·al·ist Audio Help (roi'ə-lĭst) Pronunciation Key
n.

A supporter of government by a monarch.
Royalist
1. See cavalier.
2. An American loyal to British rule during the American Revolution; a Tory.

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royalist
noun
1.	an advocate of the principles of monarchy [syn: monarchist]
2.	a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War [syn: Cavalier]

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ˈroyalist noun

a person who supports a king or queen
Example: The republicans fought the royalists.

Arabic:	مِن أنْصار المَلِك
Chinese (Simplified):	保皇主义者
Chinese (Traditional):	保皇主義者
Czech:	monarchista
Danish:	royalist
Dutch:	koningsgezinde
Estonian:	rojalist
Finnish:	kuningasmielinen
French:	royaliste
German:	der, die Royalistin
Greek:	βασιλόφρονας
Hungarian:	királypárti
Icelandic:	konungssinni
Indonesian:	pendukung kerajaan
Italian:	realista, monarchico

Japanese:	王制支持者
Korean:	왕당파, 왕정주의자
Latvian:	rojālists
Lithuanian:	rojalistas
Norwegian:	tilhenger av kongedømme, rojalist
Polish:	rojalista
Portuguese (Brazil):	realista
Portuguese (Portugal):	realista
Romanian:	regalist
Russian:	роялист
Slovak:	monarchista
Slovenian:	rojalist
Spanish:	monárquico
Swedish:	rojalist
Turkish:	krallık yanlısı

See also: royalty, royal, royal blue

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Royalist

Roy"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. royaliste.] An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.

Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. --Waller.

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