Carlist
Americannoun
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a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
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a partisan of Charles X of France, and of the elder branch of the Bourbons.
noun
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(in Spain) a supporter of Don Carlos or his descendants as the rightful kings of Spain
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(in France) a supporter of Charles X or his descendants
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Carlist
1820–30; < Spanish carlista or French carliste; see -ist
Example Sentences
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The unification was not popular with either the Falangist or the Carlist militants, but under the existing conditions of total civil war, the immense majority accepted Franco’s initiative.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2017
The adventure began when Conrad, then only 19, was running guns off the Spanish coast for the Carlist Pretender to the Spanish throne.
From Time Magazine Archive
By 3:30 p. m. red-bereted Carlist militiamen were marching into Gij�n's streets under hundreds of white flags of surrender, most of them rudely made from bed sheets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though they view Franco as a woolly liberal, los Requet�s, the rugged Carlist fighting men, nevertheless provided El Caudillo with some of the best battalions he ever had in the Spanish Civil War.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he returned to Spain, and followed at various times the Carlist, the Republican and the Alfonsist forces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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