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Webster 1913 Edition


Legitimist

Le-git′i-mist

(-mĭst)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
légitimiste
.]
1.
One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.
2.
Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.