Kingly; pertaining to a king; regal; as royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the royal family.

Becoming a king; magnificent; as royal state.

Noble; illustrious. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?

A large kind of paper. It is used as a noun or an adjective.

Among seamen, a small sail spread immediately above the top- gallant-sail; sometimes termed the top-gallant-royal.

One of the shoots of a stag’s head.

In artillery, a small mortar.

In England, one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot, called the royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe.