legitimist

[ li-jit-uh-mist ]

/ lɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪst /

noun

a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent.

adjective

Also le·git·i·mis·tic. of, relating to, or supporting legitimate authority.

Nearby words

Origin of legitimist

1835–45; < Latin lēgitim(us) lawful (see legitim) + -ist, modeled on French légitimiste

Related formsle·git·i·mism, noun

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Examples from the Web for legitimist

A legitimist association, the Chevaliers of Fidelity, stirred about among these the republican affiliations.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
Your Legitimist Party especially would not hesitate to do so.
The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville|Alexis De Tocqueville
Celebrated lawyer and Legitimist orator, member of the French Academy and several times deputy.
Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino|Duchesse De Dino
Schlaukopf exclaims: "It is the legitimist principle we are called on to defend!"
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany|Georg Brandes

Macbeth appears as the defender of the legitimist prince, Lulach, against Duncan, a usurper.
Alfred Tennyson|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for legitimist

legitimist

/ (lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪst) /

noun

a monarchist who supports the rule of a legitimate dynasty or of its senior branch

(formerly) a supporter of the elder line of the Bourbon family in France

a supporter of legitimate authority

adjective Also: legitimistic

of or relating to legitimists

Derived Formslegitimism, noun

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Word Origin and History for legitimist

legitimist

1841, from French légitimiste, from légitime (see legitimate).