Carlist

[ kahr-list ]

noun

1. a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
2. a partisan of Charles X of France, and of the elder branch of the Bourbons.

Carlist

/ ˈkɑːlɪst /

noun

1. (in Spain) a supporter of Don Carlos or his descendants as the rightful kings of Spain
2. (in France) a supporter of Charles X or his descendants

Derived Forms

• ˈCarlism, noun

Other Words From

• Carlism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Carlist¹

1820–30; < Spanish carlista or French carliste; -ist

Example Sentences

The truth about the Carlist pretension is so little known in England that it may be well to state it.

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To allow the heiress to the Crown to marry a Carlist seemed the surest way to reopen civil war, and upset the dynasty once more.

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Then he came from the same stock, for his father was a Carlist, and his grandfather before him.

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Toledo was a Carlist Colonel who had refused amnesty, and had declined to recognize the reigning dynasty!

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In order to tease him and make him mad they recalled the enthusiasm of the Carlist party in Spain for Germany.

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