royalist

UK: /ˈrɔɪəlɪst/ US: /ˈrɔɪəlɪst/ ,(roi′ə list)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

roy•al•ist /ˈrɔɪəlɪst/   n. [countable]

1. American History a supporter of royalty.

adj. 

2. American History of or relating to royalists.

See -reg-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

roy•al•ist  (roi′ə list), n. 

1. American History a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, esp. in times of rebellion or civil war.
2. World History (cap.) a Cavalier adherent of Charles I of England.
3. American History a loyalist in the American Revolution;
   Tory.
4. World History (cap.) an adherent of the house of Bourbon in France.

adj. 

5. American History of or pertaining to royalists:
   royalist sympathies.

• royal + -ist 1635–45

roy′al•ism, n. 
roy′al•is′tic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

royalist / ˈrɔɪəlɪst/ noun

1. a supporter of a monarch or monarchy, esp a supporter of the Stuarts during the English Civil War
2. an extreme reactionary or conservative: an economic royalist

adjective
also: royalistic

1. of, characteristic of, or relating to royalists

ˈroyalism noun