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ROYAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
Synonyms:
royal; royal stag
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("royal" is a kind of...):
stag (adult male deer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("royal" is a kind of...):
canvas; canvass; sail; sheet (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
Example:
the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe
Classified under:
Similar:
crowned (provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
Example:
the royal carriage of a stag's head
Synonyms:
imperial; majestic; purple; regal; royal
Classified under:
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being of the rank of a monarch
Example:
princes of the blood royal
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
Example:
a royal visit
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
monarch (a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Established or chartered or authorized by royalty
Example:
the Royal Society
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
royalty (royal persons collectively)
Context examples:
Then, signior, I lay on you my sovereign behest to furbish up your lungs and other vocal organs, as they will be wanted on my royal service.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
In September, Egyptian archaeologists announced they had found the tomb of a royal goldsmith whose work was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun.
(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)
Egypt announced the discovery of a pharaonic tomb in the southern city of Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the 18th dynasty.
(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
When we went upstairs to bed, he produced the whole seven shillings' worth, and laid it out on my bed in the moonlight, saying: There you are, young Copperfield, and a royal spread you've got.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Royal Navy!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If they will only hold their hands until the season is over, he promises them a royal carnival, when all grudges can he settled and the survivors may toss the non-survivors overboard and arrange a story as to how the missing men were lost at sea.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Mr. Tudor's uncle had married an English lady who was third cousin to a living lord, and Amy regarded the whole family with great respect, for in spite of her American birth and breeding, she possessed that reverence for titles which haunts the best of us—that unacknowledged loyalty to the early faith in kings which set the most democratic nation under the sun in ferment at the coming of a royal yellow-haired laddie, some years ago, and which still has something to do with the love the young country bears the old, like that of a big son for an imperious little mother, who held him while she could, and let him go with a farewell scolding when he rebelled.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Such a thing as that had never yet come under the king’s notice, and he said: “When you come to the royal table you must take your hat off.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Sir Nigel dashed into the royal tent, and was followed by Hordle John as soon as the horses had been secured.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This prince was so gracious as to order a guard to conduct me to Glanguenstald, which is a royal port to the south-west part of the island.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
