Orleanist

[ awr-lee-uh-nist ]

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.

Orleanist

/ ɔːˈlɪənɪst /

noun

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

Other Words From

• Orle·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Orleanist¹

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

Example Sentences

But it is impossible not to admire the energy and courage of the irrepressible, inexhaustible, fragile-looking, shabby old Orleanist.

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He was hotly pursued by the friends of the murdered Louis; but his measures had been taken with too much prompt resolution to permit of a successful issue to his Orleanist pursuers.

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There he sat in the right centre among the Orleanists, and was chosen by the duc de Broglie as minister of foreign affairs in November 1873.

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Those sitting on the benches to the right of the President comprise the former of every shade—Legitimists, Orleanists, and Imperialists, while those on the left are the Republicans.

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A man of facile conscience, he afterwards served in turn under Napoleon, the Bourbons and the Orleanists, and became canon of St Denis, bishop of Morocco and dean of the Sorbonne.

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