Orleanistn.adj.
/ɔːˈlɪənɪst/, U.S. /ɔrˈli(ə)nəst/ A. n.
A person supporting the claim to the French throne of the descendants of the Duke of Orleans (1640–1701), younger brother of Louis XIV; esp. an adherent of Louis Philippe, who reigned as King of France, 1830–48.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > support of specific dynasty or government > supporter of
Armagnac1420
Anglo-French1796
Napoleonist1814
Bonapartist1815
Bourbonist1820
Orleanist1834
Vichyist1943
Vichyite1943
1834 tr. C. M. Catherinet de Villemarest Life Prince Talleyrand II. ix. 184 The letter of the Abbé Maurice [sc. Talleyrand]..proves to me, that after having been an anarchist, an Orleanist, and not having been able to become a Robespierrist..he has now become a Directorist.
1882 O. Wilde Vera (1908) ii. 177 Omelettes went out with the Orleanists.
1976 W. Gérin E. Gaskell xiv. 155 Mary Anne Clarke..an Orleanist to the backbone..had the good fortune to charm Chateaubriand.
1993 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 19/3 A growth of interest in French royal history and the activities of the members of the current crop of Bourbons and Orleanists has helped.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Orleanists, or to the house of Orleans.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific principles
Jacobinic1793
Jacobinical1793
Jacobin1795
anti-Jacobin1809
Orleanist1845
neo-Gaullist1956
1845 Littell's Living Age 20 Dec. 557/2 We do not venture to say..that these twin histories were concocted solely for this Orleanist project.
1883 Standard 24 Jan. 5 The contents [of the letter] would make it appear a sort of ballon d'essai, designed to throw light on the prospects of an Orleanist Restoration in France.
1924 Amer. Hist. Rev. 29 331 It is Ledru's relative conservatism that impresses Mr. Calman, notably in connection with the famous circulars and the character of the commissioners whom he sent into the provinces to replace the Orleanist prefects.
1997 Independent on Sunday 11 May (Review Suppl.) 6 (caption) The Orleanist faction champion the 1,000-year-old Capet dynasty's Henri, Count of Paris, an octogenarian who appalled his children by selling family heirlooms.
Derivatives
Orleaˈnistic adj. of or characteristic of an Orleanist.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > relating or adhering to specific dynasty or government
Guisian1579
Napoleonist1849
Orleanistic1865
Bonapartist1869
Vichyite1945
1865 tr. D. F. Strauss New Life Jesus II. ii. liii. 10 Possessed, so to say, with an Orleanistic spirit.
1876 Catholic World June 291/2 The correspondence-agency of Havas-Büllier in Paris was Orleanistic under Louis Philippe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1834