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Webster 1913 Edition


Royalist

Roy′al-ist

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
royaliste
.]
An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.
Where Ca’ndish fought, the
Royalists
prevailed.
Waller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Royalist

ROY'ALIST

,
Noun.
An adherent to a king, or one attached to a kingly government.
Where Candish fought, the royalist prevail'd.