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Definition of Imperial
1. Noun. A small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III.
2. Adjective. Relating to or associated with an empire. "The imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"
3. Noun. A piece of luggage carried on top of a coach.
4. Adjective. Of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures.
5. Adjective. Befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress. "Imperial palace"
6. Adjective. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. "The royal carriage of a stag's head"
Definition of Imperial
1. a. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
2. n. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
3. 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.
Definition of Imperial
1. Adjective. Related to an empire, emperor, or empress. ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to the British imperial system of measurement. ¹
3. Adjective. Very grand or fine. ¹
4. Adjective. Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence. ¹
5. Noun. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle. ¹
6. Noun. (context: paper printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imperial
1. an emperor or empress [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperial
Literary usage of Imperial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Similarly, the right of the imperial Government to appoint Governors to each ...
In reviewing the whole question of imperial policy towards the colonies ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"But Frederick's success against Milan, and his lofty assertion of the imperial
claims in the diet of Roncaglia (November 1108), filled the pope with alarm. ..."
3. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"EDITORIAL COMMENT THE UNITED STATES AT WAR WITH THE imperial GERMAN GOVERNMENT
On the second day of April, 1917, President Wilson appeared before the ..."
4. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"This article certainly gives considerable power to the imperial Government ...
The imperial Parliament, the F Council, and the imperial Government cannot ha ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1897)
"Sardinia and Corsica, 831 BC Senatorial in 27 BC, but became imperial in 6 AD
Again senatorial under Nero; once more imperial under Vespasian, and governed ..."
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