ROY'AL, a. L. regalis, from rex, king. See Reck and Right.
1. Kingly pertaining to a king regal as royal power or prerogative a royal garden royal domains the royal family.
2. Becoming a king magnificent as royal state.
3. Noble illustrious.
How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
ROY'AL, n.
1. A large kind of paper. It is used as a noun or an adjective.
2. Among seamen, a small sail spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail sometimes termed the top-gallant-royal.
3. One of the shoots of a stag's head.
4. In artillery, a small mortar.
5. In England, one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot, called the royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe.