legitimist
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English
Noun
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:
- 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
Adjective
legitimist (comparative more legitimist, superlative most legitimist)
- related to the principles of legitimism
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French légitimiste.
Noun
legitimist m (plural legitimiști)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | legitimist | legitimistul | legitimiști | legitimiștii | |
| genitive-dative | legitimist | legitimistului | legitimiști | legitimiștilor | |
| vocative | legitimistule | legitimiștilor | |||