imperial

Meanings

Plural: imperials

Noun

• a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
• a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
• A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
• A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
• A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
• 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).
• A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
• An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
• A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
• A variety of green tea.

Adjective

• relating to or associated with an empire
  • "imperial colony"
  • "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"
• of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
• befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
  • "imperial palace"

Adjective Satellite

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
  • "golden age of imperial splendor"

Adj

• 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.
• Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)

Synonyms

imperial beard, in old money, majestic, purple, regal, royal

Related Words

emperor, empire, empress, imperious

Anagrams of imperial