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Imperial - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Imperial : adj
1: relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony";
"the imperial gallon was standardized legally
throughout the British Empire"
2: befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial
palace"
3: 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" [syn: majestic, purple, regal, royal]
(noun)
1: a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: imperial
beard]
2: a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Imperial : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Imperial : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Imperial : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Imperial, CA (city, FIPS 36280)
Location: 32.84051 N, 115.57103 W
Population (1990): 4113 (1372 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92251
Imperial, MO (CDP, FIPS 34354)
Location: 38.36773 N, 90.37222 W
Population (1990): 4156 (1564 housing units)
Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Imperial, NE (city, FIPS 23690)
Location: 40.51623 N, 101.63761 W
Population (1990): 2007 (870 housing units)
Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 69033
Imperial, PA
Zip code(s): 15126
Imperial, TX
Zip code(s): 79743
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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