Tory

From Irish tóraí (“pursuer”), from tóir (“pursuit”). The first recorded use in English is from a 1646 letter by James Butler ("Earl of Ormond") to a Colonel O' Brien, describing bandits and thieves on main roadways.

(US, historical) A loyal British subject during the American Revolution.

(US, historical) A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.


Tory

Short for Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.


Orange Order

Its name is a tribute to the Dutch-born Protestant king William of Orange, who defeated the army of Catholic king James VII & II in the Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691).

A Northern Ireland religious and political organisation, loyal to the British crown and with strong anti-Catholicism policies.


Orange

Some senses from French Orange, from Latin Aurasiō, from Gaulish. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

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New Haven County
New Haven County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for William III of England.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the orange ochre found in the area.

Coshocton County
Coshocton County#English

An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio.


White

en-proper noun

White (countable and uncountable, plural Whites)

* As an English surname, from Middle English White, as a nickname for someone with white hair or pale complexion; in some cases from a personal name of the same meaning. See the modern adjective white.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English *wiht (“bend”), found only in placenames, a derivative of the verb wican (“to yield, bend”); compare Wight.
* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, used as a translation of several Gaelic names containing the element bán and geal, including Mac Giolla bháin (McElwain, Kilbane), Ó Gealagáin (Galligan), Bán (Bane), and Ó Banáin (Bannon).
* Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, an Anglicization of Irish de Faoite, itself from Anglo-Norman le White, le Whyte, from the same source as the English surname.

White (disambiguation)#Places in the United States

A minor city in Bartow County, Georgia; named for its first postmaster.


tsarism

en-noun

tsarism (usually uncountable, plural tsarisms)

A supporter of monarchy ruled by a tsar.


absolute monarchy

absolute monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural absolute monarchies)

A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power.

(uncountable) The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government.


monarchist

From French monarchiste, equivalent to monarchy + -ist.

A supporter of, or believer in, monarchy.

монархи́ст

an advocate of, or believer in, monarchy


Ancien Régime

Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.

(historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.

ancien régime

aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution


Mandate of Heaven

The philosophical construct that is the basis of the authority of the Son of Heaven.


God Save the Queen

The national anthem of the United Kingdom when the current monarch is female.


divine right

(Christianity, political science, philosophy) The Christian doctrine that monarchs have a God-given right to rule, that they are answerable only to God, and that rebellion is sinful.


monarchism

monarchism (countable and uncountable, plural monarchisms)


constitutional monarchy

constitutional monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural constitutional monarchies)

A monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.

monarki konstitusional

monarchy limited by laws and a constitution

立憲君主政体

りっけんくんしゅせいたい


God Save the King

It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.

1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:

The national anthem of the United Kingdom when the current monarch is a king.


God Save the King

(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in his presence.

(UK) A formal statement at the end of many proclamations issued by the King or in his name.

The Queen is dead! God save the King!

(UK) A formal declaration following the death of a reigning monarch when the next monarch is male.


limited monarchy

limited monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural limited monarchies)

constitutional monarchy
constitutional monarchy

A government in which a monarch agrees to share power with a parliament and abide by a constitution; also known as a constitutional monarchy.


royalism

royalism (countable and uncountable, plural royalisms)

Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.


Jacobite

From Latin Jācōbus (“James”) + -ite, equivalent to Jacob + -ite.

Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church

(Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from 15th c.]


Williamite

Episode 12, The Cyclops
We fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites and they betrayed us.

(historical) A follower of King William III of England who deposed King James II in the Glorious Revolution.

Clann Bhullaí ('the Williamites')

a follower of King William III of England


divine right of kings

(government) Alternative form of divine right, especially regarding kings as monarchs.


basilean

Ancient Greek βασιλε(ύς) (basile(ús), “king”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives and derived substantives); compare basileolatry

uder

(obsolete, rare) A royalist; a partisan of a king.


Orangeism

The principles or beliefs of the Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order.


Toryism

en-noun

Toryism (countable and uncountable, plural Toryisms)


Carlism

From Carlos (“Infante Carlos, Count of Molina”) + -ism.

suffix

A political movement in Spain that seeks the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne.


Carlist

en-adj

Carlist (comparative more Carlist, superlative most Carlist)

more Carlist (comparative)
most Carlist (superlative)


constitutional monarchist

en-noun

constitutional monarchist (plural constitutional monarchists)

Many moderate constitutional monarchists still urged a waiting game, with the electoral tide flowing so strongly in their favour.

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 515:

A supporter of a constitutional monarchy.


chetnik

From Serbo-Croatian četnik, from četa (“band, group”) + -nik.

The Visegrad gathering, which saw uniform-wearing participants singing songs that included lines such as "there will be hell, the Drina will be bloody, here come the Chetniks from the Serb mountains’, provoked wariness and fear among Bosniak residents who survived some of the worst atrocities committed by Chetniks.

2019 March 11, Mersiha Gadzo, “Serb Chetnik gathering in Bosnia’s Visegrad raises alarm”, in Al Jazeera:

An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.


monarcho-fascism

Yet the leadership of the Greek Communist Party adopted the standpoint that the people was to be disarmed and its weapons handed to the monarcho-fascist reactionaries, making the excuse that monarcho-fascism would not be for a peaceful democratic development, and hence the people's liberation movement would be compelled to settle the question of power the revolutionary way.

1992, Haris Vlavianos, Greece, 1941–49: From Resistance to Civil War, →ISBN:

In the village, I saw the full consequences of monarcho-fascism upon proud, decent people who fought for freedom and national independence.

2013, George Kassimeris, Inside Greek Terrorism, →ISBN:

Finally, he cites a set of corporatist regimes, such as King Carol's monarcho-fascism in Romania from 1938, followed by General Antonescu's military fascism from 1940-44, as well as the French Vichy regime.

2014, Antonio Costa Pinto, Roger Eatwell, Stein Ugelvik Larsen, Charisma and Fascism, →ISBN:

(politics, usually derogatory) A political system in which a monarch wields fascistic control over opposition, criticism, and the economy, a fascist system of government led by a king or queen.


Loyalist

Patriot

antonym(s) of “person during the American Revolution”

republican

antonym(s) of “supporter of Irish unification”

(US, Canada, historical) A person from the 13 Colonies (of British North America from the eastern seaboard of mainland North America) who was in favor of remaining in the British Empire during the American Revolution.


Orléanist

Named from the Orléans branch of the House of Bourbon (descended from the youngest son of Louis XIII), who were its leaders, + -ism.

(historical) A member of a French right-wing (except for 1814–1830) faction that arose out of the French Revolution, as opposed to the legitimists.


God-Save-the-Kinger

The Bill does not deal with Germans only, it deals with all aliens, including those whom our friends opposite – the flag-waggers, the band players, the God-save-the-Kingers — spoke of as “our brother Allies.”

1920, Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives:

Protestants, generally speaking, were God-save-the-Kingers and went to Mass in the afternoon or the night instead of in the morning.

1972, James Plunkett, The Gems She Wore: A Book of Irish Places, page 35:

But the situation is not without its humorous side; it is delightful to listen to the former red-white-and-blue people -- the bigoted Unionists-- the erstwhile 'God Save the Kingers', expressing their views on the present régime.

1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 29:

(derogatory) An outspoken supporter of the British Government when the monarch is a king.


parliamentary monarchy

parliamentary monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural parliamentary monarchies)

A monarchy in which the ruler has no power and is purely a ceremonial figurehead, with all real power being vested in the legislature.


White Army

Calque of Russian Белая армия (Belaja armija). White was the traditional color of the antirevolutionary movement in some countries, adopted as a symbolic name by the Russian movement.

calque

(historical, military) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War


kokutai

tlb

(Japanese politics, philosophy, chiefly historical)

Borrowed from Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, literally “national character”).

ja-r

The national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center.

國體 /国体

national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor

The ideology centered on the principle of kokutai.