Meaning of legitimist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.
   historical
2. A Carlist
3. Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.
   broadly

Examples

“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.””

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