Royal

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F.
     royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See {Rich}, and
     cf. {regal}, {real} a coin, {Rial}.]
     1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable
        for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or
        prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.


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     2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
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              How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak.
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     3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted
        by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal
        Society.
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     {Battle royal}. See under {Battle}.
  
     {Royal bay} (Bot.), the classic laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.)
  
     {Royal eagle}. (Zool.) See {Golden eagle}, under {Golden}.
  
     {Royal fern} (Bot.), the handsome fern {Osmunda regalis}. See
        {Osmund}.
  
     {Royal mast} (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast
        and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The
        royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.
        
  
     {Royal metal}, an old name for gold.
  
     {Royal palm} (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree
        ({Oreodoxa regia}), lately discovered also in Florida.
  
     {Royal pheasant}. See {Curassow}.
  
     {Royal purple}, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.
        
  
     {Royal tern} (Zool.), a large, crested American tern ({Sterna
        maxima}).
  
     {Royal tiger}. (Zool.) See {Tiger}.
  
     {Royal touch}, the touching of a diseased person by the hand
        of a king, with the view of restoring to health; --
        formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the
        scrofula, or king's evil.
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     Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike;
          princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid;
          illustrious; noble; magnanimous.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Royal \Roy"al\, n.
     1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under
        {paper}, n.
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     2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant
        sail. --Totten.
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     3. (Zool.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler,
        as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
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     4. (Gun.) A small mortar.
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     5. (Mil.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot
        of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and
        supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now
        called the Royal Scots.
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     6. An old English coin. See {Rial}.
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     7. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  royal
       adj 1: of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by
              a king or queen or other monarch; "the royal party";
              "the royal crest"; "by royal decree"; "a royal visit"
       2: established or chartered or authorized by royalty; "the
          Royal Society"
       3: being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry";
          "princes of the blood royal"
       4: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
          imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";
          "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a
          stag's head" [syn: {imperial}, {majestic}, {purple}, {regal}]
       5: invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the
          royal (or crowned) heads of Europe"
       n 1: a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
       2: stag with antlers of 12 or more branches [syn: {royal stag}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "royal":
     advantageous, anointed king, aristocratic, august, auspicious,
     baron, baroness, baronial, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny,
     braw, bueno, capital, champion, chief, chieftain, classical,
     cogent, commendable, courtly, crown, crowned head, dignified,
     duchess, duke, duodecimo, dynast, dynastic, earl, effortless,
     eighteenmo, elegant, emperor, estimable, excellent, expedient,
     facile, fair, famous, favorable, fine, folio, front, glorious,
     good, goodly, grand, grand duke, grandiose, grave, healthy,
     helpful, high chief, imperator, imperatorial, imperatorious,
     imperial, imperious, imposing, impressive, kind, king,
     king-emperor, kinglet, kinglike, kingly, laudable, light,
     lord paramount, lordly, magisterial, magnificent, majestic,
     majesty, medium, monarch, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic,
     monarchical, nice, nobility, noble, nobleman, noblewoman,
     number one, octavo, octodecimo, overlord, paramount, peer, peerage,
     petty king, pleasant, potentate, prime, prince, prince consort,
     princelike, princely, princess, profitable, purple, quarto, queen,
     queenlike, queenly, rank, regal, resplendent, royal personage,
     royalty, ruler, sedate, sextodecimo, simple, sixteenmo, skillful,
     smooth, sober, solemn, sound, sovereign, splendid, stately,
     statuesque, super, superb, superior, suzerain, tetrarch, top,
     twelvemo, untroublesome, useful, valid, venerable, very good,
     virtuous, viscount, viscountess, worthy
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Royal, AR
    Zip code(s): 71968
  Royal, IA (city, FIPS 69105)
    Location: 43.06395 N, 95.28315 W
    Population (1990): 466 (212 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 51357
  Royal, IL (village, FIPS 66157)
    Location: 40.19198 N, 87.97135 W
    Population (1990): 217 (113 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Royal, NE (village, FIPS 42495)
    Location: 42.33270 N, 98.12502 W
    Population (1990): 81 (46 housing units)
    Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68773
  Royal, TN
    Zip code(s): 37160

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Royal, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    75
     Housing Units (2000): 40
     Land area (2000):     0.143227 sq. miles (0.370956 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.143227 sq. miles (0.370956 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            42495
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             42.333688 N, 98.123833 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     68773
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Royal, NE
      Royal
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Royal, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    279
     Housing Units (2000): 133
     Land area (2000):     0.225019 sq. miles (0.582796 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.225019 sq. miles (0.582796 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            66157
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             40.193408 N, 87.973189 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Royal, IL
      Royal
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Royal, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    479
     Housing Units (2000): 219
     Land area (2000):     0.293103 sq. miles (0.759132 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.293103 sq. miles (0.759132 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            69105
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             43.063951 N, 95.284790 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     51357
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Royal, IA
      Royal