anti-royalist

adjective

an·​ti-roy·​al·​ist
ˌan-tē-ˈrȯi-ə-list,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-royalist (audio)
variants or anti-royal
: opposing or hostile toward monarchical government
anti-royal forces
Ten people were arrested at Charing Cross railway station for carrying anti-royalist placards …Tracy McVeigh
anti-royalist noun
On Jan. 31, 1606, anti-royalist Guy Fawkes was executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up England's houses of Parliament. The Chicago Tribune

Examples of anti-royalist in a Sentence

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Oxford anti-royalists exchanged missives in a certain postbox made inconspicuous by the fact that men often stopped to pee near it. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 Napoleon ascends through shrewdness and dumb luck, taking advantage of anti-royalist sentiment one minute and crowning himself emperor the next. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023 Move Forward capitalized on this anti-royalist, anti-military sentiment, which became the bedrock of the party’s progressive platform. Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023 Six people from the anti-royalist campaign group Republic and 19 environmental activists from Just Stop Oil were detained by the Metropolitan Police in central London, near to where Charles was being crowned, according to the groups. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 May 2023 Six people from the anti-royalist campaign group Republic and 19 people from environmental activists Just Stop Oil were detained by the Metropolitan Police in central London, near to where Charles was being crowned, according to the groups. Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-royalist was in 1782

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“Anti-royalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-royalist. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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