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Royal

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Noun

1. royal

a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast

2. royal, royal stag

stag with antlers of 12 or more branches

Adjective

3. royal

of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch

Example Sentences:
'the royal party'
'the royal crest'
'by royal decree'
'a royal visit'

4. royal

established or chartered or authorized by royalty

Example Sentences:
'the Royal Society'

5. royal

being of the rank of a monarch

Example Sentences:
'of royal ancestry'
'princes of the blood royal'

6. imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

Example Sentences:
'golden age of imperial splendor'
'purple tyrant'
'regal attire'
'treated with royal acclaim'
'the royal carriage of a stag's head'

7. royal

invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown

Example Sentences:
'the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Royal

see synonyms of royal
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or befitting a king, queen, or other monarch; regal
2. (prenominal; often capital)
established, chartered by, under the patronage or in the service of royalty
the Royal Society of St George
3. 
being a member of a royal family
4. 
above the usual or normal in standing, size, quality, etc
5. informal
unusually good or impressive; first-rate
6. nautical
just above the topgallant (in the phrase royal mast)
noun
7. (sometimes capital) informal
a member of a royal family
8. Also called: royal stag
a stag with antlers having 12 or more branches
9. nautical
a sail set next above the topgallant, on a royal mast
10. 
a size of printing paper, 20 by 25 inches
11. Also called: small royal mainly British
a size of writing paper, 19 by 24 inches
12. 
any of various book sizes, esp 61⁄4 by 10 inches (royal octavo), 63⁄4 by 101⁄4 inches (super royal octavo), and (chiefly Brit) 10 by 121⁄2 inches (royal quarto) and 101⁄4 by 131⁄2 inches (super royal quarto)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Royal

see synonyms of royal
adjective
1. 
of, from, by, or to a king, queen, or other sovereign
the royal family, a royal edict, the royal allowance
2. 
having the rank of a sovereign
3. 
of a kingdom, its government, etc.
the royal fleet
4. 
a. 
founded, chartered, or helped by, or under the patronage of, a sovereign
the Royal Society
b. 
in the service of a sovereign or of the Crown
5. 
a. 
suitable for a sovereign; magnificent, splendid, etc.
royal robes
b. 
like or characteristic of a sovereign; majestic, stately, etc.
a royal bearing
6. 
unusually large, great, fine, etc.
noun
7. 
a large size of paper, 20 by 25 inches (for printing) or 19 by 24 inches (for writing)
8. 
a small sail set next above a topgallant sail, on a royal mast
9.  [sometimes R-]; Informal
a member of a royal family

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Royal

see synonyms of royal
adj.
1. Of or relating to a monarch.
2. Of the rank of a monarch.
3. Of, relating to, or in the service of a kingdom.
4. Issued or performed by a monarch: a royal warrant; a royal visit.
5. Founded, chartered, or authorized by a monarch: a royal society of musicians.
6. Befitting royalty; stately: royal treatment.
7.
a. Superior, as in size or quality.
b. Used as an intensive: "It would be a first-class royal mess" (Sam Nunn).
n.
1. Informal A member of a monarch's family: "Among the resort's distinguished visitors are Swedish and Spanish royals" (Alistair Scott).
2. Nautical A sail set on the royalmast.
3. A paper size, 20 by 25 inches for printing, 19 by 24 inches for writing.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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