royalist
noun[C]
uk/ˈrɔɪ.ə.lɪst/us/ˈrɔɪ.ə.lɪst/apersonwhosupportsarulingkingorqueenor whobelievesthat akingorqueenshouldruletheircountry:
君主主义者,保皇主义者Sophie'sfatherhad always been anardentroyalist.
RoyalistswantedformerkingZahirShahtoreturnas aunifyingheadofstate.
Compare
monarchist
- Heremainsastaunchroyalist.
- Frenchroyalistslaunchedceremoniestoburytheheartof Louis XVII, theboykingwhodiedinprisonin 1795.
- The newAssemblywasmainlycomposedof conservatives, royalists andmoderaterepublicans.
Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accede tosomething
- accession
- anointed
- anti-monarchical
- anti-monarchist
- duke
- dukedom
- earl
- earldom
- emir
- MBE
- Messrs
- miss
- mister
- monarch
- Royal Highness
- royal prerogative
- Rt. Hon.
- Shah
- sheikh
royalist
adjective
uk/ˈrɔɪ.ə.lɪst/us/ˈrɔɪ.ə.lɪst/relatingtoroyalists(=peoplewhosupportarulingkingorqueenor whobelievethat akingorqueenshouldruletheircountry), or totheirideas:
Theprotestersare amixof royalistelites,generals, andbusinessmen.
royalist sympathies
- Thecastlecould never again be used as a royaliststronghold.
- The twometas royalistexilesinParis.
- Thestaunchlyroyalistpartywon44 of the 47seatsin the newparliament.
Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accede tosomething
- accession
- anointed
- anti-monarchical
- anti-monarchist
- duke
- dukedom
- earl
- earldom
- emir
- MBE
- Messrs
- miss
- mister
- monarch
- Royal Highness
- royal prerogative
- Rt. Hon.
- Shah
- sheikh