Carlist

American  

[kahr-list] / ˈkɑr lɪst /

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.

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Carlist British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• Carlism noun

Etymology

Origin of Carlist

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

Example Sentences

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

Twice in the last century � 1834-39 and 1871-86 � Spain was rocked by the Carlist civil wars.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the case of Irene, he backed the view of the Queen and the government that, given the Carlist political complications, the wedding must take place without official family sanction.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were as strange a mixture as can be found in a Catalan bouillabaisse: Bourbon Generals and aristocrats, plutocrats, devout and royalist Carlist Requet�s, radical Fascist Falangists, Moors, Germans, Italians.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't wish these scrubby Carlist newspapers to be saying that we lost our temper with a woman....

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando