royalist
Throne's loyal advocate
A royalist supports monarchy as a system of government, or specifically supports a royal family's claim to power.
The term often appears in historical contexts—English Civil War royalists backed Charles I against Parliament.
More broadly, anyone favoring hereditary rule over republican government: He's a royalist at heart, fascinated by kings and queens. (Capitalized Royalist often refers specifically to historical factions.)
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
coronation · dynasty · succession · regent · regalia · realm · palace · restoration
Pledged devotion to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
steadfastness · faithfulness · adherence · dedication · homage · obeisance · veneration · truehearted
One who guards another
Adherent to established customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
kingdom · coronation · dynasty · succession · regent · regalia · realm · palace · restoration
fealty
Pledged devotion to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
fidelity · steadfastness · faithfulness · adherence · dedication · homage · obeisance · veneration · truehearted · unswerving
defender
One who guards another
traditionalist
Adherent to established customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- Royalistsmonarchists, monarchist, loyalists, kingsman, king's man
- cavaliercavalryman, horseman, mounted soldier, chevalier, knight
- counterrevolutionreactionary, counterinsurgency, loyalist, monarchist, restorationist
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette
royalistrepublican
Advocate against hereditary rule
anti-monarchist · democrat · parliamentarian · constitutionalist · populist
royalistrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
republican · regicide · Jacobin · Roundhead · Cromwellian