Royal

roi′al, adj. regal, kingly: magnificent: illustrious: magnanimous: enjoying the favour or patronage of the sovereign: of more than common size or excellence.— n. a large kind of paper (19 by 24 in. for writing-paper, 20 by 25 for printing-paper): ( obs. ) a royal person, a king: a gold coin: a sail immediately above the topgallant sail: one of the shoots of a stag's head: a small mortar: a tuft of beard on the lower lip, an imperial.— n. Roy′alet , a petty king.— v.t. Roy′alise ( Shak. ), to make royal.— ns. Roy′alism , attachment to kings or to kingly government; Roy′alist , an adherent of royalism: a cavalier during the English civil war: in American history, an adherent of the British government: in French history, a supporter of the Bourbons—also adj. — adv. Roy′ally .— n. Roy′al-mast , the fourth and highest part of the mast from the deck, commonly made in one piece with the topgallant mast.— adj. Roy′al-rich ( Tenn. ), rich as a king.— n. Roy′alty , kingship: the character, state, or office of a king: majesty: the person of the king or sovereign: fixed sum paid to the Crown or other proprietor, as on the produce of a mine, .: kingdom: royal authority: a royal domain: ( Scot. ) the bounds of a royal burgh.— Royal bounty , a fund from which the sovereign grants money to the female relatives of officers who die of wounds; Royal cashmere , a thin material of pure wool; Royal fern ( Osmunda regal is ), the most striking of British ferns; Royal horned caterpillar , a large bombycid moth of the United States; Royal household , the body of persons in the service of the sovereign.— The Royals , a name formerly given to the first regiment of foot in the British army. [Fr.,—L. regal is , regal.]