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Meaning of botifler



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

botifler
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Way of calling in Catalan the Philists or Borbonists, followers or supporters of the King of Spain or the Monarchy and therefore contrary to the independenceists of Catalonia.

  



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Also butifler, castilian botiflero or butiflero . That's what the Catalans called the 18th-century Succession War the supporters of Philip V, perhaps by beauté fleur (beautiful flower) in reference to the flower of lis of the bourbons. Now the independenceists call not only the supporters of the monarchy but anyone who does not identify with the ideals of independenceists, who they regard as a traitor to the homeland. The term has always had and has derogatory connotation.

  










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