Definition of Orleanist

1. Noun. A supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV.

Generic synonyms: Monarchist, Royalist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orleanist

Orites
Orites excelsa
Oriya
Oriyas
Orizaba
Orkhomenos
Orkney
Orkney Islands
Orkneyan
Orkneyans
Orkneys
Orla
Orlando
Orleanais
Orleanist (current term)
Orleans
Orlon
Orly
Orly Group
Ormandy
Ormazd
Ormond's disease
Ormosia
Ormosia coarctata
Ormsby filter
Ormuzd
Orn
Orneæ

Literary usage of Orleanist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contemporary France by Gabriel Hanotaux (1907)
"The Legitimist and Orleanist parties now being disabled, he could not forego the satisfaction of tolling the knell of the Orleanist party ; the Republican ..."

2. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"All France will understand this and will lend it the support of its patriotism. Under 466. The overthrow of the Orleanist ..."

3. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"... it is because they have been prevented from so doing by physical violence. [Signatures.] D. Thiers' Orleanist Manifesto. July 30, 1830. ..."

4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1872)
"... ment of Bourrienne as Minister of Police—Intrigues of Fouche— His interview with the Count d'Artois—Orleanist conspiracy in the Army—Drouet d'Erlon, ..."

5. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1914)
"The Orleanist compromise—Influence of English precedents—The " legal country " : its narrow basis— Casimir Perier and a strong ..."

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