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royalist
[ roi-uh-list ]
noun
- a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- (initial capital letter) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
- a loyalist in the American Revolution; Tory.
- (initial capital letter) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.
adjective
- of or relating to royalists:
royalist sympathies.
royalist
/ ˈɔɪəɪ /
noun
- a supporter of a monarch or monarchy, esp a supporter of the Stuarts during the English Civil War
- informal.an extreme reactionary or conservative
an economic royalist
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or relating to royalists
Derived Forms
- ˈDzⲹ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dza· noun
- Dza·t adjective
- anti·Dza· noun
- t·Dza· noun adjective
- ԴDz·Dza· noun
- ܱt·Dza· noun adjective
Example Sentences
The royalist faction in England were essentially moderates, who believed in religious liberty, wanted global trade and founded the Royal Society to advance science.
In contrast, British media primed U.K. readers and American royalists to despise Meghan before she and Prince Harry decamped for Canada.
In the process, they drew it into a civil war between republican nationalists and royalists.
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.
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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