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- noun Plural form of
Bourbonist .
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Examples
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The Bourbonists, who desired that the Plan of Iguala should be adhered to in all its details; 2.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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Above all things, he ought _never_ to have separated himself from the army; as he thus stripped his party of all power at the moment, and virtually delivered himself a prisoner to the Bourbonists in the capital.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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He then took refuge at his chateau of Prangins in the canton Vaud in Switzerland, closely watched by the Bourbonists, who dreaded danger from every side except the real point, and who preferred trying to hunt the Bonapartists from place to place, instead of making their life bearable by carrying out the engagements with them.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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The Emperor's reply to this despatch reached Napoleon at this hovel in Chatres: it announced his resolution on no account to abandon the general cause; but, at the same time, intimated that Francis lent no support to the Bourbonists (who were now arming in Franche-Comte around Monsieur), and urged Napoleon to avert by concession, ere it was yet too late, total ruin from himself and his House.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906
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As a last impregnable bulwark against Jacobins and Bourbonists alike, Siéyès created a Senate whose members should hold office for life, and be empowered to annul every law in which the Chambers might infringe upon the Constitution.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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If the Constitutional party gained power, there was an end to his own unshackled rule in Italy; if the Bourbonists succeeded, a different class of men would hold all the honours of the State.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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There are, first, the Bourbonists -- mediaeval people -- believers in the divine right of kings in general, and of the
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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All the Bourbonists, Orleanists, and Bonapartists in the
Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Horace Greeley 1841
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He then took refuge at his chateau of Prangins in the canton Vaud in Switzerland, closely watched by the Bourbonists, who dreaded danger from every side except the real point, and who preferred trying to hunt the Bonapartists from place to place, instead of making their life bearable by carrying out the engagements with them.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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'The higher classes in France are Bourbonists because they are
Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832
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