Legitimistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

legitimist (複数形 legitimists)

1. (historical) A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.
   • 2007 July 8, Christopher Caldwell, “Even God Quotes Tocqueville”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Nor does he beat around the bush: Tocqueville’s cousin and confidant Louis de Kergorlay is “a young idiot” and the legitimist insurrectionist the Duchesse de Berry “one of the silliest princesses in all European history.”

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3. (by extension) Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.