anti-monarchist

adjective

an·​ti-mon·​ar·​chist

ˌan-tē-ˈmä-nər-kist,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or less commonly antimonarchist

: opposed to or hostile toward monarchies or monarchs

anti-monarchist groups

anti-monarchist noun

or less commonly antimonarchist

… William is the future King of England, and Canada, too, unless the anti-monarchists get their way.

—Rosie DiManno

Examples of anti-monarchist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But not even the most anti-monarchist rabbit-holer could argue that a cancer diagnosis is providing cover for something else. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024

Along the way, he is swept into an anti-monarchist uprising and continually hunted by a police inspector, all while trying to provide a promising future for a young girl named Cosette. —Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023

At various times, the stalls sold anti-monarchist literature; much later, the sellers helped to hide and distribute resistance materials during the Nazi occupation. —Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023

Before books were sold along the river, the stalls were a place to find pamphlets and anti-monarchist information—in 1649, the French king decreed that books were not allowed to be sold near the Pont Neuf. —Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023

Some anti-monarchists consider the gesture unnecessary and tone-deaf. —Conor Murray, Forbes, 5 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above