legitimist noun & adjective. [lɪ'dʒɪtɪmɪst] M19.
[French légitimiste, formed as LEGITIME: see -IST.]
A. noun. A supporter of legitimate authority, esp. of a claim to a throne on the grounds of strict hereditary succession; spec. in France, a supporter of the elder Bourbon line, driven from the throne in 1830. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to legitimists or legitimism. M19.
■ L. Adamic Washington..was legitimist It wanted no revolution in Yugoslavia.

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