Orleanist
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The guillotining of his father made Louis Philippe the Orleanist pretender to the throne.
From Time Magazine Archive
The group formed an interesting commentary on American society of the day, which parallels that of modern France, with its Bourbon, its Napoleonic and its Orleanist strata of nobility.
From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen
But the very profusion of the Orleanist offers threw doubt on their sincerity.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by Green, John Richard
The most famous of all these is La Curée, a description of the ignoble scramble for place and profit under the new Orleanist government.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
An Orleanist, an enthusiastic lover of Parliamentary institutions, he would not stoop with Guizot and Thiers to serve a King whose power was founded on corruption.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
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