legitimist

English

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.
   • 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.”

2. A Carlist
3. (by extension) Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.

Coordinate terms

• Orléanist

Adjective

legitimist (comparative more legitimist, superlative most legitimist)

1. related to the principles of legitimism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French légitimiste.

Noun

legitimist m (plural legitimiști)

1. legitimist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	legitimist	legitimistul		legitimiști	legitimiștii
genitive-dative	legitimist	legitimistului		legitimiști	legitimiștilor
vocative	legitimistule			legitimiștilor