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Orleanist
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Or·le·an·ist  (ôrl--nst)
n.
A supporter of the Orléans branch of the French royal family, descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV.
Orleanist [ɔːˈlɪənɪst]
n
(Historical Terms) an adherent of the Orléans branch of the French Bourbons
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Noun1.Orleanist - a supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV
monarchist, royalist - an advocate of the principles of monarchy
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These voices became ever more insistent, leading Jeanne, at 16, to feel compelled to travel to Chinon, to the court of Charles de Ponthieu, whom the Orleanists believed to be the Dauphin, or rightful claimant to the French crown.
An iron maiden for Melbourne--the history and context of Emmanuel ... by Gott, Ted / The La Trobe Journal
The terms 'movement' and 'resistance' designated the more progressive and conservative factions among the Orleanists who had come to power in 1830.
Worlds turned upside down: bourgeois experience in the 19th-century ... by Popkin, Jeremy D. / Journal of Social History
Rather than joining Louis XVIII in exile in Ghent, Talleyrand put out feelers to the Orleanists, who he thought might emerge as a credible future monarchy among the Allies.
Talleyrand: the old fraud by Roberts, Andrew / New Criterion
 
 
 
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