Definitions for royal
Overview of noun royal
The noun royal has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. royal
(a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast)
2. royal, royal stag
(stag with antlers of 12 or more branches)
Overview of adj royal
The adj royal has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) royal
(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. (1) royal
(established or chartered or authorized by royalty; "the Royal Society")
3. royal
(being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal")
4. imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
(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")
5. royal
(invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe")
