royal
see also: Royal
Etymology
Royal
Etymology 1
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see also: Royal
Etymology
From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx ("king").
Pronunciation Adjectiveroyal (comparative royaler, superlative royalest)
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC ↗, page 9 ↗:
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […]
- 2011, Marilyn Price, Grandma's Cookies, page 7:
- On the first Friday morning of his kingship he went into the kitchen and called for his royal chef.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii], page 175 ↗, column 2:
- How doth that royal Merchant good Anthonio;
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- royal mast; royal sail
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- a royal pain in the neck
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.
- (of a monarch) kingly (of a king), monarchical, princely (of a prince), queenly (of a queen), regal, roy (obsolete)
- (having a monarch's air) majestic, regal, stately
- (informal intensifier) major
- French: royal, royale
- German: königlich
- Italian: reale, regale
- Portuguese: real
- Russian: короле́вский
- Spanish: real
royal (plural royals)
- (somewhat, informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC ↗:
- in ten days after we spoke the Solon, so rapid was his recovery, that, from lying helpless and almost hopeless in his berth, he was at the mast-heId, furling a royal.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (military) A small mortar.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- Synonyms: imperial
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- German: Royal
- French: trochure
Royal
Etymology 1
A habitational surname, shaped by folk etymology, from places in England, Riehale, Righale, Ryhill and Ryall, Old English ryge + hyll ("hill"), and Royle, rā ("roe") + hyll ("hill").
Proper noun- Surname.
- A male given name from the surname
royal (plural royals)
Etymology 2Capitalization of royal.
Proper noun- A male given name from the word "royal".
royal (plural royals)
- (UK, historical) A member of the first regiment of foot in the British army.
- Alternative form of royal
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