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royalist|ˈrɔɪəlɪst|
Also 7 royallist.
[f. royal a. + -ist, or ad. F. royaliste (1611 Cotgr.).]
1. A supporter or adherent of the sovereign or the sovereign's rights, esp. in times of civil war, rebellion, or secession; a king's man; a monarchist; spec. in Canada, a United Empire Loyalist (see loyalist).
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. ii. 12 His Majesty and all Royalists must necessarily yeeld, that the Ports, Forts, Navy,..are not his, but the Kingdomes in point of right. 1651Nicholas Papers (Camden) I. 278 There are abundance of Royalists gone for England from these parts and many more are going. 1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 166/1 Notwithstanding what may be urg'd in his Favour as a Royalist. 1785R. Hunter Quebec to Carolina (1943) 65 The Royalists have settlements along Lake St. Francis and up to Cataraqui. 1812Ann. Reg., Hist. 209 He appears to have made no effectual resistance to the progress of the royalists. 1860Motley Netherl. v. I. 154 Of the royalists a single man was killed. 1972J. Mosher Some would call it Adultery iv. xxi. 176 ‘Oh, a Royalist, eh?’ said the admiral, using the Yankee term for United Empire Loyalist, as they were known in Canada.
transf.1675Baxter Cath. Th. ii. i. 295 He [i.e. the devil] will be..a zealous Royalist for Cæsar.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1817Lady Morgan France ii. (1818) I. 237 In the course of the same evening; assisting at a royalist dinner, drinking ultra tea, and supping en républicaine. 1838Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 289 This conflict between a Royalist education, and the spirit of the modern world. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. I. 293 Observing a royalist post, he advanced towards it alone. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) I. 228 Rheims was restored to the royalist Archbishop.
2. nonce-use. A Royal Academician.
1841Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. IV. 20/1 Such a squeeze of frames, as we invariably find in the Architectural Room of the Royalists.
Hence royaˈlistic, royaˈlistical adjs.
1802W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. (1843) I. 411 Effacements both of royalistical and pietistical inscriptions. 1867Contemp. Rev. VI. 43 We wonder at his royalistic zeal. 1891T. K. Cheyne Orig. Psalter vii. ii. 339 The royalistic form of the Messianic Conception. |