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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.
Origin of royalist First recorded in 1635–45; royal + -ist
OTHER WORDS FROM royalist roy·al·ism, noun roy·al·is·tic, adjective an·ti·roy·al·ism, noun an·ti·roy·al·ist, noun, adjective
non·roy·al·ist, noun ul·tra·roy·al·ist, noun, adjective
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Words nearby royalist Royal Gorge, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Royal Highness, royal icing, Royal Institution, royalist , royal jelly, Royall, Royal Leamington Spa, royal lily, Royal Marines
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Example sentences from the Web for royalist Upon his death, his nine-year-old son was left with what remained of his royalist supporters.
England’s Greatest Knight Puts ‘Game of Thrones’ to Shame | William O’Connor| December 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The Royalist is urgently contacting Russian Tatler to see this extraordinary document with our own eyes.
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Kate is less than 12 weeks pregnant, a source confirmed to the Royalist .
Second Royal Baby for Kate | Tom Sykes| September 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The Royalist has always maintained that Harry's red hair is a Spencer, not a Hewitt trait.
Prince Harry Definitely Not James Hewitt's Son According To DNA Test | Tom Sykes| September 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
No pictures of him cavorting naked in hotel rooms have yet been received by the Royalist .
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Provence, a tempestuous time in, i. 212;royalist rising in, ii.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
This was not honourable warfare; it was a royalist propagandism waged with French blood against the republic.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Still, the action had been indecisive, and the royalist power remained unbroken.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century | Charles Morris
How were Royalist and Anabaptist plottings to be suppressed?
The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 | David Masson
So furious was the royalist charge that they drove back the Cromwellians far along the lane.
The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) | Ernest Broxap
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British Dictionary definitions for royalist 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 Also: royalistic of, characteristic of, or relating to royalists
Derived forms of royalist royalism , noun 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
Words related to royalist rightist, right-winger, traditionalist, ultraconservative, diehard, obscurantist, counterrevolutionary, mossback, hard hat, intransigent, reactionist, standpatter, die-hard