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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
roy·al       [roi-uhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to a king, queen, or other sovereign: royal power; a royal palace.
2.descended from or related to a king or line of kings: a royal prince.
3.noting or having the rank of a king or queen.
4.established or chartered by or existing under the patronage of a sovereign: a royal society.
5.(initial capital letter) serving or subject to a king, queen, or other sovereign.
6.proceeding from or performed by a sovereign: a royal warrant.
7.appropriate to or befitting a sovereign; magnificent; stately: royal splendor.
8.(usually initial capital letter) British. in the service of the monarch or of the Commonwealth: Royal Marines; Royal Air Force.
9.fine; excellent: in royal spirits.
10.Informal. extreme or persistent; unmitigated: a royal nuisance; a royal pain.
–noun
11.Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
12.Informal. a royal person; member of the royalty.
13.Usually, royals. Chiefly British. a member of England's royal family.
14.a size of printing paper, 20 × 25 in. (51 × 64 cm).
15.a size of writing paper, 19 × 24 in. (48 × 61 cm).
16.Numismatics. any of various former coins, as the real or ryal.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME < MF < L régālis kingly, equiv. to rég- (s. of réx) king + -ālis -al1; cf. regal]

—Related forms
roy·al·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 7. majestic. See kingly.
—Antonyms 7. servile.
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roy·al       (roi'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
    1. Superior, as in size or quality.
    2. 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.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rēgālis, from rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

roy'al·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
royal 
c.1250, from O.Fr. roial, from L. regalis, from rex (gen. regis) "king" (see rex). Battle royal (1672) preserves the Fr. custom of putting the adj. after the noun (cf. attorney general); the sense of the adj. here is "on a grand scale." As a modifier meaning "thorough, total" royal is attested in Eng. from 1940s. Royalist first recorded 1643. The Royal Oak was a tree in Boscobel in Shropshire in which Charles II hid himself during flight after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Sprigs of oak were worn to commemorate his restoration in 1660.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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royal

adjective
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] 
5. invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe" 

noun
1. a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast 
2. stag with antlers of 12 or more branches 

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Royal Oak, MI (city, FIPS 70040) Location: 42.50860 N, 83.15462 W
Population (1990): 65410 (29163 housing units)
Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48067, 48073

Royal Lakes, IL (village, FIPS 66196) Location: 39.11249 N, 89.96179 W
Population (1990): 272 (120 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62685

Royal City, WA (city, FIPS 60230) Location: 46.89889 N, 119.61408 W
Population (1990): 1104 (327 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99357

Royal Center, IN (town, FIPS 66222) Location: 40.86462 N, 86.50051 W
Population (1990): 859 (367 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46978

Royal Oak, MD Zip code(s): 21662

Royal Pines, NC (CDP, FIPS 58260) Location: 35.47694 N, 82.50532 W
Population (1990): 4418 (1865 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Royal Palm Beach, FL (village, FIPS 62100) Location: 26.70551 N, 80.22679 W
Population (1990): 14589 (5985 housing units)
Area: 22.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33411

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, 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

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)

Port Royal, VA (town, FIPS 63928) Location: 38.16967 N, 77.19106 W
Population (1990): 204 (96 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22535

Port Royal, SC (town, FIPS 58030) Location: 32.38290 N, 80.69328 W
Population (1990): 2985 (1277 housing units)
Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29935

Port Royal, PA (borough, FIPS 62304) Location: 40.53386 N, 77.39089 W
Population (1990): 836 (389 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17082

Mount Royal, NJ Zip code(s): 08061

Front Royal, VA (town, FIPS 29968) Location: 38.92484 N, 78.18470 W
Population (1990): 11880 (4983 housing units)
Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22630

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Royal

Roy"al\, n. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade.

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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.

2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.

How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak.

3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.

Battle royal. See under Battle.

Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.)

Royal eagle. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested American tern (Sterna maxima).

Royal tiger. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous.

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Royal

Roy"al\, n. 1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.

2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. --Totten.

3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.

4. (Gun.) A small mortar.

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.

6. An old English coin. See Rial.

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