adj
Meaning 1
Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.
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Standard Lemma guide
royalist
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or characterized by royalism.
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adj
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of royalist, particularly in reference to specific royalist factions, especially (UK, historical) Cavalier supporters of the Stuart dynasty and (US, historical) Tory or Loyalist supporters of the British monarchy.
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noun
Meaning 4
A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
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noun
Meaning 5
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:
a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
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noun
Meaning 6
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:
a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
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noun
Meaning 7
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:
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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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative letter-case form of royalist, particularly in reference to specific royalist factions, especially (UK, historical) Cavalier supporters of the Stuart dynasty and (US, historical) Tory or Loyalist supporters of the British monarchy.
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noun
Meaning 9
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
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Synonyms: Cavalier
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Broader terms: monarchist, royalist
noun
Meaning 10
an advocate of the principles of monarchy
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Synonyms: monarchist
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Broader terms: rightist, right-winger
Narrower terms: Cavalier, Royalist, Orleanist
History
Etymology
From royal + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: монархист (monarhist) — supporter of monarchy
- Catalan: reialista — supporter of monarchy
- Danish: royalist — supporter of monarchy
- Esperanto: rojalisto — supporter of monarchy
- Finnish: monarkisti — supporter of monarchy
- Finnish: rojalisti — supporter of monarchy
- French: royaliste — supporter of monarchy
- Galician: realista — supporter of monarchy
- German: Königstreuer — supporter of monarchy
- German: Königstreue — supporter of monarchy
- German: Royalist — supporter of monarchy
- German: Royalistin — supporter of monarchy
- Greek: φιλοβασιλικός (filovasilikós) — supporter of monarchy
- Greek: βασιλόφρων (vasilófron) — supporter of monarchy
- Ido: royalisto — supporter of monarchy
- Irish: ríogaí — supporter of monarchy
- Italian: realista — supporter of monarchy
- Kazakh: роялист (roälist) — supporter of monarchy
- Korean: 왕정주의자 (wangjeongjuuija) — supporter of monarchy
- Norwegian Bokmål: rojalist — supporter of monarchy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rojalist — supporter of monarchy
- Persian: سلطنت طلب (saltanat talab) — supporter of monarchy
- Polish: rojalista — supporter of monarchy
- Polish: rojalistka — supporter of monarchy
- Russian: рояли́ст (rojalíst) — supporter of monarchy
- Spanish: realista — supporter of monarchy
- Swedish: rojalist — supporter of monarchy
- Welsh: brenhinwr — supporter of monarchy
- Welsh: brenhinwraig — supporter of monarchy
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