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Feb 14, 2012
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roy•al•ist



Pronunciation: (roi'u-list), [key]
—n.
1. a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, esp. in times of rebellion or civil war.
2. (cap.) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
3. a loyalist in the American Revolution; Tory.
4. (cap.) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.

—adj.
of or pertaining to royalists: royalist sympathies.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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