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Royalist vs Loyalist - What's the difference?

loyalist | royalist |

As nouns the difference between loyalist and royalist

is that loyalist is a person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation while royalist is a monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.

loyalist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.

    • royalist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime
  • a legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially:
  • # a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War
  • # a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution
  • # a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Antonyms

    * democrat * republican

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