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ROYALIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

Synonyms:

Cavalier; Royalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Royalist" is a kind of...):

monarchist; royalist (an advocate of the principles of monarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An advocate of the principles of monarchy

Synonyms:

monarchist; royalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("royalist" is a kind of...):

right-winger; rightist (a member of a right wing political party)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "royalist"):

Cavalier; Royalist (a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War)

Orleanist (a supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV)

Derivation:

royalism (adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government)

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