royalist

Example Sentences

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Elliott said: "It's absolutely brilliant. It's such an honour, a lad from a council estate in Rotherham, and after all these years, getting an MBE is just such an honour. I'm very much a royalist."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

He was executed the following year, and the war ground on for another decade until Agustín de Iturbide, a royalist colonel, switched allegiances and led the rebel factions to independence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The royalist faction in England were essentially moderates, who believed in religious liberty, wanted global trade and founded the Royal Society to advance science.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

Caballero was by all accounts smart, shrewd and a seasoned knife fighter in the corridors of power at the Spanish court, a minor noble and avowed royalist who maneuvered his way into increasingly powerful positions.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

He despised those American colonials who had fought against his England, yet he still chose to settle in Philadelphia, where he set up a royalist newspaper called The Porcupine's Gazette.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy