legitimist
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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a monarchist who supports the rule of a legitimate dynasty or of its senior branch
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(formerly) a supporter of the elder line of the Bourbon family in France
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a supporter of legitimate authority
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of legitimist
1835–45; < Latin lēgitim ( us ) lawful ( see legitim) + -ist, modeled on French légitimiste
Example Sentences
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Joseph de Maistre was "a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist ... always and everywhere the champion of the hardest, narrowest and most inflexible dogmatism."
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
Not because atheists and communists are related to the catholic and legitimist, but because they are more alien to him than the protestant and the liberal, because they are outside his circle.
From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.
They did not suit the Catholic aristocracy, who, thoughPg 192 strongly opposed to Spain, remained attached to legitimist principles.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
The Catholic Church will never abandon a jot or tittle of her scholastic and orthodox system; she can no more do so than the Comte de Chambord can cease to be legitimist.
From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest
He was interrupted by a furious outcry, and challenged by his legitimist audience to say whether he included the Convention, which, by a majority, condemned the king to death.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
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