royalist
adjective, noun
royalist is an adjective meaning “Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-Y-A-L-I-S-T and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does royalist mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.
- 2
Of or characterized by royalism.
His father... was the son of Elijah C. West, who, being of royalist belief, found Massachusetts an uncongenial home during the Revolutionary period and therefore migrated to Nova Scotia.
noun
- 1
A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- 2
a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
- 3
a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- 4
a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of royalist, particularly in reference to specific royalist factions, especially (UK, historical) Cavalier supporters of the Stuart dynasty and (US, historical) Tory or Loyalist supporters of the British monarchy.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of royalist, particularly in reference to specific royalist factions, especially (UK, historical) Cavalier supporters of the Stuart dynasty and (US, historical) Tory or Loyalist supporters of the British monarchy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce royalist?
Royalist has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of royalist
- more royalist comparative
- most royalist superlative
- royalists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is royalist?
Royalist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Royalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense supporter of monarchy:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does royalist come from?
From royal + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).