Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A supporter of government by a monarch.
- n. See cavalier.
- n. An American loyal to British rule during the American Revolution; a Tory.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A supporter of a king or of royal government; one who adheres to or upholds the cause of a king against its opponents or assailants. Specifically [capitalized]— In English history, one of the partizans of Charles I. and of Charles II. during the civil war and the Commonwealth; a Cavalier, as opposed to a Roundhead.
- n. In American history, an adherent of the British government during the revolutionary period.
- n. In French history, a supporter of the Bourbons as against the revolutionary and subsequent governments.
- Of or pertaining to Royalists or royalism; adhering to or supporting a royal government.
Wiktionary
- n. a monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- n. a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
Etymologies
- royal + -ist (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Many who will be at parties would feel uncomfortable about being labelled royalist.”
“I'm astonished to see comments that it's 'royalist' - from my perspective it was anything but.”
“Whoever is at all acquainted with her writings, must be aware that she pretends to be a great republican, and to entertain a most orthodox horror of royalism and the appendages thereof, and that she has called the royalist party in France all the hard names she could find in the most approved collection of opprobrious epithets.”
“And it was very kind of royalist – kind of a mix of the real Michael Jackson and his alter-ego as the King of Pop.”
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“The British Empire was not allowed to retain the lands and resources that it had legally expropriated under British law in America, and 'royalist' who believed they should were forced to leave.”
“The other problem, though, that Giuliani faces is that the Republicans really are a kind of royalist party that believes in the next person in line getting the nomination.”
“He said police had also received information that "royalist" assassins planned to target the accused should they be released.”
“All sorts, men and women, barbers and noblemen, sailors and tradesmen; almost every kind of royalist one could think of; and his opinion was that a royalist never changed.”
“Just as important was the proxy war, in Yemen, between the Nasser backed, secular nationalist government and the CIA-Saudi-SAS backed 'royalist' guerrillas.”
“And so called "royalist" is nothing but parties try to gain mass support from the name of the King.”
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removalist, agriculturalist, constitutionalist, nationalist, colloquialist, maximalist, serialist, zimbalist, journalist, cruciverbalist, imperialist, industrialist and 88 more...
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