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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.
EXPAND(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.
COLLAPSEInformal. extreme or persistent; unmitigated: a royal nuisance; a royal pain.
noun
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Informal. a royal person; member of the royalty.
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14.
a size of printing paper, 20 × 25 inches (51 × 64 cm).
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EXPANDa size of writing paper, 19 × 24 inches (48 × 61 cm).
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COLLAPSENumismatics. any of various former coins, as the real or ryal.
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Royals
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French < Latin rēgālis kingly, equivalent to rēg- (stem of rēx) king + -ālis -al1; compare regal
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French < Latin rēgālis kingly, equivalent to rēg- (stem of rēx) king + -ālis -al1; compare regal
Related forms
roy·al·ly, adverb
an·ti·roy·al, adjective
non·roy·al, adjective
non·roy·al·ly, adverb
pre·roy·al, adjective
EXPANDpre·roy·al·ly, adverb
pseu·do·roy·al, adjective
pseu·do·roy·al·ly, adverb
qua·si-roy·al, adjective
qua·si-roy·al·ly, adverb
COLLAPSEAntonyms
7. servile.
7. servile.
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Word Origin & History
royal
mid-13c., from O.Fr. roial, from L. regalis, from rex (gen. regis) "king" (see rex). Battle royal (1670s) preserves the Fr. custom of putting the adjective after the noun (cf. attorney general); the sense of the adj. here is "on a grand scale." As a modifier meaning "thorough,
EXPANDtotal" royal is attested in English from 1940s. Royalist first recorded 1640s. 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.
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