imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
(adjective) 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”
imperial
(adjective) befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; “imperial palace”
imperial
(adjective) relating to or associated with an empire; “imperial colony”; “the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire”
imperial
(adjective) of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
imperial
(noun) a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
imperial, imperial beard
(noun) a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Imperial (not comparable)
(history) synonym of Imperial Japanese
Imperial
A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
A city, the county seat of Chase County, Nebraska, United States.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Imperial College London.
A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
A census-designated place in Texas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
Imperial (plural Imperials)
A large Bordeaux wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.
• Palmieri
imperial (comparative more imperial, superlative most imperial)
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
Very grand or fine.
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
• (humorous): in old money
imperial (countable and uncountable, plural imperials)
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
(paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 Ă— 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 Ă— 22 inches.
(card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
(card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
A crown imperial.
A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
Synonym: royal
A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
(historical) An outside seat on a diligence.
(countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
• A champagne or Burgundy wine bottle with the same volume would be called a Methuselah.
• Palmieri
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pe"ri*al, a. Etym: [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, 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. (Zoöl.) 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. Etym: [F. impériale: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
