Bonapartistn.adj.
/ˈbəʊnəpɑːtɪst/ A. n.
An adherent of the government and dynasty of the Bonapartes in France.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > support of specific dynasty or government > supporter of
Armagnac1420
Anglo-French1796
Napoleonist1814
Bonapartist1815
Bourbonist1820
Orleanist1834
Vichyist1943
Vichyite1943
1815 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 61 We drove into Abbeville, where the garrison were savage Buonapartists.
1873 Daily News 12 Sept. 4/4 A blank denial of the national sovereignty, hitherto a first article in the faith alike of Orleanists, Republicans, and Bonapartists.
B. adj.
Adhering to Bonaparte or Bonapartism.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > relating or adhering to specific dynasty or government
Guisian1579
Napoleonist1849
Orleanistic1865
Bonapartist1869
Vichyite1945
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Sept. 2 A new Bonapartist pillar of Imperialism.
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