: a supporter of Don Carlos or his successors as having rightful title to the Spanish throne
Carlist
adjective
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Based on true events, a thriller about a serial rapist and killer targeting women in Northern Spain during the Carlist Wars, 20 years before Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The murders coincided with Spain’s bloody Third Carlist War.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 May 2024
In the 1800s, however, the Carlist Civil Wars in Spain—a 40-year fight between Liberal-Republican and Traditionalist-Carlist parties over how the country should be ruled—led to Basque country losing some of its rights.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The murders coincided with Spain’s bloody Third Carlist War.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 May 2024
In the 1800s, however, the Carlist Civil Wars in Spain—a 40-year fight between Liberal-Republican and Traditionalist-Carlist parties over how the country should be ruled—led to Basque country losing some of its rights.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020
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“Carlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Carlist. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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