: a supporter of Don Carlos or his successors as having rightful title to the Spanish throne
Carlist
adjective
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The murders coincided with Spain’s bloody Third Carlist War.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 19 May 2024
In the 1800s, however, the Carlist Civil Wars in Spain—a 40-year fight between Liberal-Republican and Traditionalist-Carlist parties over how the country should be ruled—led to Basque country losing some of its rights.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020
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John Hopewell, Variety, 19 May 2024
In the 1800s, however, the Carlist Civil Wars in Spain—a 40-year fight between Liberal-Republican and Traditionalist-Carlist parties over how the country should be ruled—led to Basque country losing some of its rights.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020
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“Carlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Carlist. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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