Royalist
['rɒɪəlɪst] or ['rɔɪəlɪst]
Definition
(n.) An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.
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Examples
- After Ireland came Scotland, where Cromwell shattered a Royalist army at the Battle of Dunbar (1650). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Provence, on his way out of the country, his life was endangered by a royalist mob. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- France, now disillusioned and uncomfortably royalist again, was hot in pursuit of him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was surely enough to make the most royalist Frenchman a republican--at least for the duration of the war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1830, and again in 1848, the evaporation of the simple old royalist faith became very evident. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sense of royalist treachery rose to panic cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were royalist troops at hand, but they attempted no rescue. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It's in the Observer and the Royalist too, said Mr. Smith. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Commune set itself to hunt out every royalist that could be found, until the prisons of Paris were full. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The living spirit of the republic, it seemed, had sprung from a slaughter of royalists and the execution of the king. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To which there seemed no more effectual reply than to go on killing royalists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already noted the last rising of the royalists in this year (1795). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The best men were busy fighting the Austrians and royalists on the frontier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Almost every crusade leaves behind it a trail of yearning royalists; many good-government clubs are little would-be oligarchies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Many royalists wanted it because they saw in war a possibility of restoring the prestige of the crown. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the royalists did more than this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Toulon had been handed over to the British and Spanish by the Royalists, and an allied fleet occupied its harbour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At any rate the royalists had to be silenced and stilled and scared out of sight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Parliament was divided by three factions, aristocrats, democrats, and royalists. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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