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royal adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French roial (mod. royal) from Latin regalis REGAL noun1 & adjective.]
A. adjective (postpositive in certain fixed collocations).
I.
Originating or derived from a king, queen, emperor, or Other monarch, or from a line of such monarchs. LME.
T. Gray High potentates, and dames of royal birth. G. Vidal The..story..reflects no credit on our royal house.
Pertaining to a monarch, or the dignity or office of a monarch; pertaining to a monarch as head of State or the armed forces. LME.
Milton On a Throne of Royal State. W. Blackstone Seamen in the royal fleet.
Of, belonging to, or used by a monarch; in the service of a monarch. LME.
Ld Macaulay Two royal messengers were in attendance. J. Ruskin The power of the royal hand. G. Black The Royal Enclosure at Ascot.
b. Proceeding from, or issued under the authority of, a monarch. E17.
Of a person: having the rank of a monarch; belonging to the family of a monarch (freq. in honorific titles). Also, having rank comparable to that of a monarch. LME.
Your Royal Highness etc.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? Gibbon The royal youth was commanded to take the crown.
Founded by or under the patronage of a royal person. E16.
J. Ruskin I hope..royal or national libraries will be founded. Royal Air Force News The Royal British Legion Honorary Association.
II.
Befitting or appropriate to a monarch; stately, magnificent, resplendent; grand, imposing; of great size, strength, or quality. LME.
R. Kipling There would..be a royal fight between..Badalia and Jenny.
b. Excellent, first-rate. Also (US) as an intensifier, freq. with ironic force. colloq. L16.
Having the character appropriate to a monarch; noble, majestic; generous, munificent. LME.
Browning A stag-hunt gives the royal creature law. R. Brooke Honour has..paid his subjects with a royal wage.
Special collocations & phrases: Astronomer Royal: see ASTRONOMER 1. ballade royal: see BALLADE noun 1. battle royal: see BATTLE noun. chapel royal: see CHAPEL noun. James Royal: see JAMES 1a. osmund royal: see OSMUND noun2. pair royal: see PAIR noun1. prince royal: see PRINCE noun. princess royal: see PRINCESS noun. rhyme royal: see RHYME noun. Royal Air Force the air force of the UK; Marshal of the Royal Air Force: see MARSHAL noun1. Royal Ann(e) US = NAPOLEON 7. royal antelope a tiny antelope, Neotragus pygmaeus, found in forested areas of W. Africa. royal assent: see ASSENT noun 2. royal Bengal (tiger): see BENGAL noun & adjective. royal binding a binding with the royal arms on the cover. royal blue a deep vivid blue. Royal British Legion an association of former members of the British armed forces, formed in 1921. royal burgh a Scottish burgh which derives its charter directly from the Crown. Royal Commission: see COMMISSION noun. royal demesne: see DEMESNE noun. royal duke: see DUKE noun. Royal Engineers the engineering branch of the British army. royal family the group of people closely related by birth or Marriage to a monarch, spec. the British monarch. royal fern a large fern of boggy places, Osmunda regalis, with fronds densely covered with sporangia so as to resemble a flowering panicle; also called flowering fern. royal fish: see FISH noun1. royal flush: see FLUSH noun3. royal icing a hard shiny icing made from egg-white (and icing sugar). Royal Institution a British society founded in 1799 for the spreading of scientific knowledge among the population at large. royal jelly: see JELLY noun1. Royal Marine a member of a body of marines in the British navy. royal mast a mast fixed on top of a topgallant mast; cf. royal sail below. Royal Maundy: see MAUNDY 1c. Royal Navy the navy of the UK and its predecessors. royal oak a sprig of oak formerly worn on oak-apple day to commemorate the restoration of Charles II in 1660. royal octavo octavo on royal paper. royal palm a palm of the American genus Roystonea, esp. R. regia, widely cultivated as an avenue tree. royal paper paper 24 by 19 inches for Writing or 25 by 20 inches (now, 636 by 480 mm) for printing. royal peculiar: see PECULIAR noun. royal plural = royal we below. royal prerogative: see PREROGATIVE noun 1. royal quarto quarto on royal paper. royal road a smooth or easy way to learning etc.; a way of attaining knowledge, understanding, etc., without trouble. royal sail a small sail hoisted above the topgallant sail; cf. royal mast above. Royal Sappers and Miners Hist. = Royal Engineers above. Royal Society (of London) a British learned society founded in 1662 to promote scientific discussion. Royal Sovereign a variety of early-ripening strawberry. royal stag: with a head of 12 or more points. royal standard a banner bearing the royal arms and flown when a member of the royal family is present. royal straight Cards a royal flush. royal tennis = real tennis s.v. TENNIS noun 1. Royal Victorian Chain a British order of chivalry founded by Edward VII in 1902 and conferred by the monarch, chiefly on members of royal Families. Royal Victorian Order a British order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1896 and conferred by the monarch, usu. for great personal service. royal warrant a warrant authorizing a company to be the supplier of a particular category of goods to a particular member of the British royal family. royal we the pronoun 'we' as used by a monarch, esp. in formal pronouncements and declarations, or (chiefly joc.) by any individual in place of 'I'. Royal Worcester: see WORCESTER 2. ship-royal: see SHIP noun 1. suit royal: see SUIT noun 1b. voyage royal: see VOYAGE noun.
b. noun.
a. A king, a prince. LME-L15.
b. A member of the royal family; a royal personage. colloq. M18.
Any of various coins. L15-M18.
a. = BAY noun8. Also, a branch above this. L16-E17.
b. A stag with a head of twelve points or more. M19.
Nautical. A royal sail; a royal mast. M18.
the Royals, the Royal Marines; Hist. the 1st Dragoons; Hist. the 1st Regiment of Foot. M18.
Royal blue. L19.
the Royal, the Royal Society; the Royal Show (of the Royal Agricultural Society). M20.
Phrases: Blues and Royals: see BLUE noun 6.