anti-monarchist

adjective

an·​ti-mon·​ar·​chist
ˌan-tē-ˈmä-nər-kist,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-monarchist (audio)
variants or less commonly antimonarchist
: opposed to or hostile toward monarchies or monarchs
anti-monarchist groups
anti-monarchist noun
or less commonly antimonarchist
… William is the future King of England, and Canada, too, unless the anti-monarchists get their way. Rosie DiManno

Examples of anti-monarchist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Served as country’s top prosecutor; anti-monarchist who was then knighted. Anika Arora Seth, Washington Post, 7 July 2024 But not even the most anti-monarchist rabbit-holer could argue that a cancer diagnosis is providing cover for something else. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024 Along the way, he is swept into an anti-monarchist uprising and continually hunted by a police inspector, all while trying to provide a promising future for a young girl named Cosette. Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023 At various times, the stalls sold anti-monarchist literature; much later, the sellers helped to hide and distribute resistance materials during the Nazi occupation. Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023 Before books were sold along the river, the stalls were a place to find pamphlets and anti-monarchist information—in 1649, the French king decreed that books were not allowed to be sold near the Pont Neuf. Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023 Some anti-monarchists consider the gesture unnecessary and tone-deaf. Conor Murray, Forbes, 5 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-monarchist was in 1861

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“Anti-monarchist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-monarchist. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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