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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.


Orleanist British  
/ ɔːˈlɪənɪst /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Orleanist

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

A few more military disasters, royalist insurrections in the south, Chouan disturbances in Normandy, Orleanist intrigues and the end came.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

The editor, A. Granier de Cassagnac, was denounced in very violent terms by M. Creton, an Orleanist deputy, who was challenged therefor.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

Orleanist successes, however, left him to fall back upon his pen.

From Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

It is in the Orleanist interest, and is praised by the Journal des Débats.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

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