royal
/ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/ adjective A2- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails. · royal mast; royal sail
- Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- Used as an intensifier. · a royal pain in the neck
- 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.
Comparative royaler · Superlative royalest
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Compiègne, that royal residence and fortified town, is well furnished with authorities, gendarmes, and commissaries of police; they therefore began operations as soon as the telegraphic despatch arrived, and the Bell and Bottle being the best-known hotel in the town, they had naturally directed their first inquiries there.
During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity.
“I was about to be mustered into the Royal Marines when he fell.”
“Is this,” said the Eagle, “the faithful fulfillment of your promise to me?” The Kite replied, “That I might attain your royal hand, there is nothing that I would not have promised, however much I knew that I must fail in the performance.”
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