Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Imperial beard, majestic, noble, purple, regal, royal

See Also: baggage, beard, face fungus, luggage, whiskers

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