Definition of Royalists

1. Noun. (plural of royalist) ¹

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Definition of Royalists

1. royalist [n] - See also: royalist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Royalists

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royalets
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royalism
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royalist
royalists (current term)
royalization
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royalties

Literary usage of Royalists

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"Before the end of the month no less than thirty-five royalists were confined at Lynn alone. Against these prisoners no definite charge was brought. ..."

2. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macauley Tevelyan (1861)
"The royalists in every i part of the kingdom wer« disheartened : the ; spirit of the ... He saw precisely where the strength of the royalists lay, ..."

3. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"After some skirmishes, in which the royalists had the advantage, the two armies met at Lansdown-hill, which Waller had fortified. There a pitched battle was ..."

4. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"There, being considerably reinforced, he so much surpassed the royalists in number, that they durst no longer continue their march, or expose themselves to ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"There was no other Government possible than one analogous to that which had just been overthrown, alien alike to the party of ultra-royalists and to that of ..."

6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Chateaubriand—influence of his eloquence in favour of the royalists.—Mission to the Allied Sovereigns from the royalists. — Their answer. ..."

7. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1856)
"When the war had lasted a year, the advantage was decidedly with the royalists. They were victorious both in the western and in the northern counties. ..."

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