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royalist(dictionary)
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comes (iou) and royalist (iou)


comes (iou)



comes noun. . M18.
[Latin = companion, formed as COM- + ire, it- go.]
Music. An answering or imitating voice in a canon or fugue; the answer itself. Opp. DUX 1.

royalist (iou)



royalist noun & adjective. Also Royalist. M17.
[from ROYAL + -IST, perh. after French royaliste.]
A. noun. A supporter or adherent of a monarch or a monarch's rights, esp. in times of civil war, rebellion, or secession, spec. (Hist.) a supporter of the King against Parliament in the English Civil War; a monarchist. M17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to royalists or royalism. M17.
royalism noun attachment or adherence to the monarchy or to the principle of monarchical government L18.
roya'listic adjective M19.