antimonarchicaladj.
Opposed to monarchy.
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1646 King Charles I in Clarendon State Papers II. 260 The ground of their doctrine is anty~monarchical.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 5 The Presbytery, of whose tyrannical and Antimonarchical principles he had..experience.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. xxxi. 150 The antimonarchical feeling has not perished.
1852 Coleridge's Lives N. Worthies I. 25 The anti-monarchical prejudices of Milton.
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