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Orleanist

noun
1.
A supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV.





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"Orleanist" Quotes from Famous Books



... Such hypotheses were relegated to the domain of pure fantasy. Apart from a few fanatical old soldiers who persisted in saying that Napoleon was not dead, no one, in 1824, believed in the resurrection of the Empire. As for Orleanism, it was as yet a myth. The Duke of Orleans himself was not an Orleanist. Of all the courtiers of Charles X., he was the most eager, the most zealous, the most enthusiastic. In whatever direction she turned her glance, the Duchess of Berry saw about her only ...
— The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X • Imbert De Saint-Amand
... Paris. Impending Revolution.' Some people may ask, Where does the money for many of these demonstrations come from? The answer is that it comes largely from much the same sources as those whence General Boulanger's funds were derived—that is, from the Orleanist party. ...
— With Zola in England • Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
... the General Council, Count Hubert represented the Orleanist party in his Department. The story of his marriage with the daughter of a small ship-owner of Nantes had always remained mysterious. But as the Countess had a grand air, entertained better than any other hostess, and was credited ...
— Mademoiselle Fifi • Guy de Maupassant


Words linked to "Orleanist" :   monarchist, royalist


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