monarchist
(ˈmɒnəkɪst)
[f. monarch-y + -ist. Cf. F. monarchiste.]
1. An advocate or supporter of monarchy. Also in Fifth-Monarchist (see Fifth Monarchy).
| 1647 M. Hudson Div. Right Govt. ii. ii. 83 This Relative blessing of Monarchie,..the Relatum or Monarch, and the Correlatum or Monarchists and subjects. 1660 in Brit. Mag. (1833) IV. 147 Y⊇ widowes of those slaine &c., by 5{supt}{suph} Monarckists. a 1677 Barrow Pope's Suprem. ii. (1687) 76 The..Supposition of the Church Monarchists..That Saint Peter's Primacy..was not personal but derivable to his Successours. a 1734 North Lives (1826) I. 118 For the principles of the former being demagogical, could not allow much favour to one who rose a Monarchist declared. 1823 Bentham Not Paul 203 Monarchists and Aristocrats! mark well! 1872 Echo Oct. 5 The Monarchists pretend that ‘the beginning of the end of the Republic’ has commenced. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2449 Constitutional monarchists and absolute monarchists. |
2. One who believes in monarchy among the gods.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §23. 403 Plato acknowledged and worshiped many gods yet..he was no polyarchist, but a Monarchist, an assertor of One Supreme God. 1893 R. C. Jebb Growth Class. Grk. Poetry 200 Aeschylus..is no monotheist, yet he might be described as a monarchist in religion. |
3. = Monarchian n. rare.
| 1876 A. Plummer tr. Döllinger's Hippolytus & C. iv. i. 188 It is now no longer possible to define exactly what Sabellius himself or other later Monarchists contributed to the development of this view. |
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Add: B. adj. Loyal to a monarch; advocating or supportive of monarchy.
| 1926 Scots Observer 13 Nov. 19/1 It is France's policy that the sores be kept open even if they give a handle to Monarchist revanchists. 1962 L. Namier Crossroads of Power iii. 25 In 1789, during the King's illness, Lord Fife's warm monarchist feelings once more became apparent. 1992 Economist 7 Mar. 59/2 The two parties most likely to affect the election outcome are the refounded Communist Party and a monarchist party, which wants the return of King Leka. |