royalist

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noun

A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially:

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basilean monarchist monarchy monarch royal privy raf cavalier legitimist dynast loyalist king's man jacobite bourbonist carlist tory antiroyalist

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naseby parliamentarian vend sympathies cromwell stronghold bol rupert insurrection marquess garrison besieged

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