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legitimist

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le·git·i·mist  (l-jt-mst)
n.
One that believes in or advocates rule by hereditary right.
le·giti·mism n.
le·giti·mist adj.
legitimist [lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪst]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a monarchist who supports the rule of a legitimate dynasty or of its senior branch
2. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a supporter of the elder line of the Bourbon family in France
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter of legitimate authority
adj also legitimistic
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to legitimists
legitimism  n
legitimist
a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of claims to a throne based on the rights of heredity. — legitimism, n.
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While the legitimist read nothing but the Moniteur, the liberal read nothing but Le Temps, a journal then recently established, in the supposed interests of human freedom.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
At once it occurred to Mills that this eccentric youngster was the very person for what the legitimist sympathizers had very much at heart just then: to organize a supply by sea of arms and ammunition to the Carlist detachments in the South.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
And we were all ardent Royalists of the snow-white Legitimist complexion - Heaven only knows why
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