royalist means royalistic. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Etymology
From royal + -ist, also capitalised as Royalist.
adj
- royalistic“For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.”
noun
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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