Orleanist
noun
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
Orleanism
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a word derived from
Orleanist.
Example Sentences
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Of petty "gown" nobility, originally a Legitimist but now supporting Orleanism, he believed himself to be the one man of wisdom and logic in that /salon/, where he was very proud to meet the Marquis.
From The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1 by Émile Zola
As for Orleanism, it was as yet a myth.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
Indeed the love of Louis-Philippe's family has lingered in many a corner where one would least expect to meet it, and in 1869 I found "Port Saeed" a hot-bed of Orleanism.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
