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Imperial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imperial? [n] a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach [n] a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [adj] belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" [adj] befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace" [adj] relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imperial: Imperial beard \| majestic \| noble \| purple \| regal \| royal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imperial: absolute \| absolutist \| absolutistic \| arbitrary \| aristocratic \| arrogant \| august \| authoritarian \| authoritative \| autocratic \| beard \| beaver \| bossy \| bristles \| crown \| despotic \| dictatorial \| domineering \| down \| duodecimo \| dynastic \| eighteenmo \| exalted \| excellent \| feudal \| folio \| goatee \| grand \| grinding \| high-handed \| imperative \| imperatorial \| imperatorious \| imperious \| imposing \| kinglike \| kingly \| lofty \| lordly \| magisterial \| magistral \| magnificent \| majestic \| masterful \| medium \| monarchal \| monarchial \| monarchic \| monocratic \| noble \| octavo \| octodecimo \| oppressive \| overbearing \| overruling \| peach fuzz \| peremptory \| princelike \| princely \| purple \| quarto \| queenlike \| queenly \| regal \| repressive \| royal \| severe \| sextodecimo \| side whiskers \| sixteenmo \| sovereign \| splendid \| strict \| stubble \| super \| superior \| suppressive \| supreme \| tuft \| twelvemo \| tyrannical \| tyrannous \| Vandyke \| whiskers See Also \| baggage \| beard \| face fungus \| luggage \| whiskers Imperial In Webster's Dictionary \Impe"rial\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. imp['e]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. --Shak. 2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. ``The imperial democracy of Athens.'' --Mitford. Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice. --Shak. To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. --Dryden. He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. --E. Everett. 3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc. {Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon}, etc. {Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old German empire. {Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having no head but the emperor. {Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German empire. {Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}. {Imperial eagle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Eagle}. {Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}. {Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I. {Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by the British Parliament. \Impe"rial\, n. [F. imp['e]riale: cf. Sp. imperial.] 1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III. 2. An outside seat on a diligence. --T. Hughes. 3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. --Simmonds. 4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc. 5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars. --McElrath. 6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages. \Impe"rial\, n. A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

Imperial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imperial?

[n] a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
[n] a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
[adj] belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
[adj] befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace"
[adj] relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"

Imperial In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.
imp['e]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,
sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an
   imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

         The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.
                                               --Shak.

2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one
   who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. ``The imperial
   democracy of Athens.'' --Mitford.

         Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an
         imperial voice.                       --Shak.

         To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These
         are imperial arts, and worthy thee.   --Dryden.

         He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line
         of battle.                            --E. Everett.

3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial
   paper; imperial tea, etc.

{Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc. See {Bushel}, {Gallon},
   etc.

{Imperial chamber}, the, the sovereign court of the old
   German empire.

{Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having
   no head but the emperor.

{Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German
   empire.

{Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.

{Imperial eagle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Eagle}.

{Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.

{Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.


{Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by
   the British Parliament.


\Im*pe"ri*al\, n. [F. imp['e]riale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so
   called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

2. An outside seat on a diligence. --T. Hughes.

3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. --Simmonds.

4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large
   decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of
   drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight
   dollars. --McElrath.

6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or
   other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.


\Im*pe"ri*al\, n.
A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details,
and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations
of cards which score in this game.

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