Etymology

royalist

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Today it means: Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction. Full definition →

First used 1680
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The story

From royal + -ist.

First known use, by meaning

  • 1680 Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.