Definition of imperial Imperial

/ɪmpɪˈɹiʌl/ - [impireeul] - im•pe•ri•al

We found 25 definitions of imperial from 6 different sources.

What does imperial mean?

Noun Plural: imperials
imperial - a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
imperial - a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
		imperial beard
Adjective
imperial - 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"
		majestic, purple, regal, royal
		noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"
imperial - befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace"
imperial - relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"
imperial - of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

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imperial (Noun)
A bottle of wine usually Bordeaux containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
imperial (Noun)
A printing printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
imperial (Adjective)
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
imperial (Adjective)
Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
imperial (Adjective)
Very grand or fine.
imperial (Adjective)
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.

imperial (a.)
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
imperial (a.)
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
imperial (a.)
Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
imperial (n.)
The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
imperial (n.)
An outside seat on a diligence.
imperial (n.)
A luggage case on the top of a coach.
imperial (n.)
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.
imperial (n.)
A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
imperial (n.)
A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

imperial
im-pē′ri-al, adj. pertaining to an empire or to an emperor: sovereign, supreme: commanding, of superior size or excellence.—n. a tuft of hair on the lower lip (from its use by Napoleon III.): a kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings: an outside seat on a diligence: a size of writing-paper, 22 × 30 in.; also of printing-paper, 22 × 32 in.—v.t. Impē′rialise, to make imperial.—ns. Impē′rialism, the power or authority of an emperor: the spirit of empire; Impē′rialist, one who belongs to an emperor: a soldier or partisan of an emperor; Imperial′ity, imperial power, right, or privilege.—adv. Impē′rially.—n. Impē′rium, a military chief command: empire.—Imperial city, Rome: one of those cities in the German Empire which owed allegiance to none but the emperor, which exercised suzerain rights within their own territories, and had the right of sitting and voting in the imperial diet; Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the Colonies, and India, an institution designed to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887). [Fr.,—L. imperialis—imperium, sovereignty.]