royal

[ roi-uhl ]

/ ˈrɔɪ əl /

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adjective

of or relating to a king, queen, or other sovereign: royal power; a royal palace.

descended from or related to a king or line of kings: a royal prince.

noting or having the rank of a king or queen.

established or chartered by or existing under the patronage of a sovereign: a royal society.

(initial capital letter) serving or subject to a king, queen, or other sovereign.

proceeding from or performed by a sovereign: a royal warrant.

appropriate to or befitting a sovereign; magnificent; stately: royal splendor.

(usually initial capital letter)British. in the service of the monarch or of the Commonwealth: Royal Marines; Royal Air Force.

fine; excellent: in royal spirits.

Informal. extreme or persistent; unmitigated: a royal nuisance; a royal pain.

noun

Nautical. a sail set on aroyal mast.

Informal. a royal person; member of the royalty.

Usually royals. Chiefly British. a member of England's royal family.

a size of printing paper, 20 × 25 inches (51 × 64 centimeters).

a size of writing paper, 19 × 24 inches (48 × 61 centimeters).

Numismatics. any of various former coins, as the real or ryal.

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Origin of royal

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin rēgālis “kingly,” equivalent to rēg- (stem of rēx ) “king” + -ālis adjective suffix; see regal¹, -al¹

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7 majestic.

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7 servile.

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7. See kingly.

OTHER WORDS FROM royal

roy·al·ly, adverban·ti·roy·al, adjectivenon·roy·al, adjectivenon·roy·al·ly, adverb

pre·roy·al, adjectivepre·roy·al·ly, adverbpseu·do·roy·al, adjectivepseu·do·roy·al·ly, adverbquasi-royal, adjectivequa·si-roy·al·ly, adverb

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roil, royal .

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Roxas, Roxas y Acuña, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Roy, royal, Royal Academy, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force List, Royal and Ancient Club, Royal Anne

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Sarah said that she loves, loves, loves the royal couple and had even gotten up before dawn to watch their 2011 wedding.
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From its foundation in 1752 to 1830, when it became the Royal Infirmary.
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Ismar, wishing to give his body a splendid funeral, prepared a banquet of royal bounty to increase the splendour of the obsequies.
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There was hardly a prelate or royal chaplain in England who was not under ecclesiastical censure.
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It was reprinted at Lisbon in 1844 by the Royal Academy, and again in 1875.
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British Dictionary definitions for royal

royal

/ (ˈrɔɪəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or befitting a king, queen, or other monarch; regal

(prenominal; often capital) established, chartered by, under the patronage or in the service of royaltythe Royal Society of St George

being a member of a royal family

above the usual or normal in standing, size, quality, etc

informal unusually good or impressive; first-rate

nautical just above the topgallant (in the phrase royal mast)

noun

(sometimes capital) informal a member of a royal family

Also called: royal stag a stag with antlers having 12 or more branches

nautical a sail set next above the topgallant, on a royal mast

a size of printing paper, 20 by 25 inches

Also called: small royal mainly British a size of writing paper, 19 by 24 inches

any of various book sizes, esp 6 1/4 by 10 inches (royal octavo), 6 3/4 by 10 1/4 inches (super royal octavo), and (chiefly Brit) 10 by 12 1/2 inches (royal quarto) and 10 1/4 by 13 1/2 inches (super royal quarto)

Derived forms of royal

royally, adverb

Word Origin for royal

C14: from Old French roial, from Latin rēgālis, fit for a king, from rēx king; compare regal 1

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