Orleanist

American  

[awr-lee-uh-nist] / ˈɔr li ə nɪst /

noun

1. a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.

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Orleanist British  

/ ɔːˈlɪənɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of the Orléans branch of the French Bourbons

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Other Word Forms

• Orleanism noun

Etymology

Origin of Orleanist

1825–35; < French Orléaniste; see Orléans, -ist

Example Sentences

The guillotining of his father made Louis Philippe the Orleanist pretender to the throne.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was at the time Thiers' Minister for Foreign Affairs, a personal friend of the president, a distinguished man of letters, and an old Orleanist converted to Republicanism.

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

We will say, by way of illustration, it would be to the advantage of an Orleanist to get rid of all possible Bourbon claimants to the throne of France, would it not?

From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary

Lafayette, who was already in heart in sympathy with the Orleanist movement, came forth courteously to meet him, and conducted him to the great hall of the palace.

From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The house of James Lafitte was thus the center of the Orleanist wire-pullings.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne