legitimist
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
legitimist (plural legitimists)
- (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.
- 2007 July 8, Christopher Caldwell, “Even God Quotes Tocqueville”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.”
- A Carlist
- (by extension) Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
legitimist (comparative more legitimist, superlative most legitimist)
- related to the principles of legitimism
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French légitimiste.
Noun[edit]
legitimist m (plural legitimiști)
Declension[edit]
Declension of legitimist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) legitimist | legitimistul | (niște) legitimiști | legitimiștii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) legitimist | legitimistului | (unor) legitimiști | legitimiștilor |
| vocative | legitimistule | legitimiștilor | ||
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