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legitimists

legitimists is the plural of legitimist.

Meaning of legitimist

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.

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Questions about legitimists

What is legitimists the plural of?
Legitimists is the plural of legitimist.

Words near legitimists in the dictionary

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

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