Royalist
WordNet

noun


(1)   A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
(2)   An advocate of the principles of monarchy
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Noun



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