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royalist

[ roi-uh-list ]

noun

  1. a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
  2. (initial capital letter) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
  3. a loyalist in the American Revolution; Tory.
  4. (initial capital letter) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.


adjective

  1. of or relating to royalists:

    royalist sympathies.

royalist

/ ˈɔɪəɪ /

noun

  1. a supporter of a monarch or monarchy, esp a supporter of the Stuarts during the English Civil War
  2. informal.
    an extreme reactionary or conservative

    an economic royalist

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or relating to royalists
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other 51Թ Forms

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  • anti·Dza· noun
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  • ԴDz·Dza· noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of royalist1

First recorded in 1635–45; royal + -ist
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The royalist faction in England were essentially moderates, who believed in religious liberty, wanted global trade and founded the Royal Society to advance science.

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In contrast, British media primed U.K. readers and American royalists to despise Meghan before she and Prince Harry decamped for Canada.

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In the process, they drew it into a civil war between republican nationalists and royalists.

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Both of her parents are British, and she said that while her daughter had told her it was not “cool” to be a royalist, she had a fondness for the House of Windsor.

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Thaksin’s release, after almost two decades of antipathy between his populist political machine and Thailand’s conservative royalist ruling class, raised speculation that Yingluck also might be returning soon.

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