Definition of Royal

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Definition of Royal

Royal

A royal spade.

Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.

Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.

Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.

Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.

A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.

One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.

A small mortar.

One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.

An old English coin. See Rial.

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Royal Quotations

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Dale Carnegie

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
Sigmund Freud

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
Saint Francis de Sales

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training.
Josef Albers

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
Robin Williams

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
Elizabeth II

This resemblance became clear in the Bush the father's visits to the region. He wound up being impressed by the royal and military regimes and envied them for staying decades in their positions and embezzling the nation's money with no supervision.
Osama bin Laden

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
Gianni Versace

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.
Igor Stravinsky

Royal Translations

royal in Dutch is vorstelijk, koninklijk
royal in French is royal
royal in Italian is reale
royal in Latin is regalis, regius
royal in Portuguese is real
royal in Spanish is real
royal in Swedish is kunglig

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