Orleanist

American  

[awr-lee-uh-nist] / ˈɔr li ə nɪst /

noun

1. 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.

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Orleanist British  

/ ɔːˈlɪənɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of the Orléans branch of the French Bourbons

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Other Word Forms

• Orleanism noun

Etymology

Origin of Orleanist

1825–35; < French Orléaniste; see Orléans, -ist

Example Sentences

The guillotining of his father made Louis Philippe the Orleanist pretender to the throne.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Republican Constitution of 1848.—With the overthrow of the Orleanist monarchy, in consequence of the uprising of February 24, 1848, France entered upon a period of aggravated political unsettlement.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

Few of them are even royalists, and the old distinction of Legitimist, Orleanist, and Bonapartist has disappeared entirely.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

The Orleanist party recruited itself among all those whose promptitude to revive the Empire needed, perhaps, but one flash of hardihood, a leader, and a cry.

From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

After the Revolution of July, however, he refused to accept any favours from the Orleanist dynasty, and lived quietly, publishing nothing after 1833.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George