Royal

  • 51royal — 1. adjective /ˈrɔɪəl/ a) Of or relating to a monarch or their family. <! no evidence found of this , royal mast, royal sail b) of or relating to a kingdom a royal pain in the neck Syn: kingly …

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  • 52royal — hoheitsvoll; königlich; majestätisch * * * ◆ roy|al 〈[ roajạl] Adj.〉 1. königlich 2. königstreu [frz., „königlich“] ◆ Die Buchstabenfolge roy|al... kann in Fremdwörtern auch ro|yal... getrennt werden. * * * ro|y|al [ro̯ …

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  • 53Royal — 1Ro|yal das; <zu ↑royal> ein Papierformat. Royal 2 2Ro|yal der; [s] <zu ↑royal> Kunstseidenstoff in versetzter Kettripsbindung (Webart). Royal 3 3Ro|yal [ rɔiəl] das; [s] <nach seiner ersten Verwendung auf dem engl. Linienschiff… …

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  • 54royal*/*/ — [ˈrɔɪəl] adj I relating to a king or queen, or to their family the royal palace[/ex] a royal wedding[/ex] II noun [C] mainly journalism royal [ˈrɔɪəl] a member of a royal family …

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  • 55royal — adjective 1) the royal prerogative Syn: regal, kingly, queenly, princely; sovereign, monarchical 2) a royal welcome Syn: excellent, fine, magnificent, splendid, superb, wonderful …

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  • 56Royal — noun a) from the surname, or from the word royal . Royal he had been his mothers little king. Most of his mates called him Roy . Perhaps only her and Mrs Natwick had stuck to the christened name, they felt it suited. b) someone connected with ,… …

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  • 57royal — [14] Royal and regal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to the Latin adjective rēgālis, a derivative of rēx ‘king’. But whereas regal was probably borrowed direct from Latin, royal was acquired via Old French, where rēgālis became roial …

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  • 58royal — [14] Royal and regal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to the Latin adjective rēgālis, a derivative of rēx ‘king’. But whereas regal was probably borrowed direct from Latin, royal was acquired via Old French, where rēgālis became roial.… …

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  • 59royal 'we' — the ˌroyal ˈ‘we’ 7 [royal we] noun singular the use of ‘we’ instead of ‘I’ by a single person, as used traditionally by kings and queens in the past …

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  • 60royal we — noun The first person plural pronoun when used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to himself / herself. Queen Victoria is the one most commonly associated with the use of the royal we, as in We are not amused. Syn: majestic plural See Also …

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