royalist
Americannoun
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a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
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(initial capital letter) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
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a loyalist in the American Revolution; Tory.
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(initial capital letter) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.
adjective
noun
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a supporter of a monarch or monarchy, esp a supporter of the Stuarts during the English Civil War
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informal an extreme reactionary or conservative
an economic royalist
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of royalist
Vocabulary lists containing royalist
The French Revolution
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Stationed in The Hague in 1658, he quietly pursued Royalist exiles at their local bookshop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Royalist Marketplace, a Facebook group set up to satirize the monarchy, had more than 1 million members before Facebook blocked access to it in 2020, citing a Thai government request.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
Boyle had been a student at Christ Church, Oxford, a college with staunchly Royalist political affiliations.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022
It includes Royalist songs from the English Civil War as well as modern songs such as Nelson Mandela and Glad To Be Gay.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2022
“He was a Royalist, sir. Here in America are you not also subjects of King James?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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