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royalist

[ roi-uh-list ]
/ ˈrɔɪ ə lɪst /
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noun

a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
(initial capital letter) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
a loyalist in the American Revolution; Tory.
(initial capital letter) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.

adjective

of or relating to royalists: royalist sympathies.

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Origin of royalist

First recorded in 1635–45; royal + -ist

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Words nearby royalist

Royal Gorge, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Royal Highness, royal icing, Royal Institution, royalist, royal jelly, Royall, Royal Leamington Spa, royal lily, Royal Marines
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Words related to royalist

rightist, right-winger, traditionalist, ultraconservative, diehard, obscurantist, counterrevolutionary, mossback, hard hat, intransigent, reactionist, standpatter, die-hard

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British Dictionary definitions for royalist

royalist
/ (ˈrɔɪəlɪst) /

noun

a supporter of a monarch or monarchy, esp a supporter of the Stuarts during the English Civil War
informal an extreme reactionary or conservativean economic royalist

adjective Also: royalistic

of, characteristic of, or relating to royalists

Derived forms of royalist

royalism, noun
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