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legitimist

legitimist noun: a French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.

Noun

legitimist (plural legitimists)

  1. (historical) A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.
    • Nor does he beat around the bush: Tocqueville’s cousin and confidant Louis de Kergorlay is “a young idiot” and the legitimist insurrectionist the Duchesse de Berry “one of the silliest princesses in all European history.”2007 July 8, Christopher Caldwell, “Even God Quotes Tocqueville”, in New York Times
  2. A Carlist
  3. (broadly) Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.

Adjective

legitimist (comparative more legitimist, superlative most legitimist)

  1. related to the principles of legitimism

Forms of legitimist

Noun
plurallegitimists
Adjective
comparativemore legitimist
superlativemost legitimist

Questions about legitimist

What does legitimist mean?
Legitimist means a French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.
What part of speech is legitimist?
Legitimist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of legitimist?
The plural of legitimist is legitimists.

Words near legitimist in the dictionary

  1. legitimisers
  2. legitimises
  3. legitimising
  4. legitimism
  5. legitimisms
  6. legitimist
  7. legitimistic
  8. legitimists
  9. legitimity
  10. legitimizable
  11. legitimization

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