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nonroyal

nonroyal adjective: not of royal rank or family.

Adjective

nonroyal (not comparable)

  1. Not of royal rank or family
    • To some degree this business about titles supplanting last names also applies to nonroyal peers, such as your run-of-the-mill dukes.1988 January 22, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

Noun

nonroyal (plural nonroyals)

  1. One who is not a royal.
    • The controversy mirrors a broader debate about the relevance of monarchy in Europe, as members of the younger generation marry nonroyals with checkered pasts and taxpayers question the expense of maintaining their monarchs’ lifestyles.2007 October 14, Victoria Burnett, “Rumblings in Spain Over Royal Family”, in New York Times

Forms of nonroyal

Adjective
alternative formnon-royal
Noun
pluralnonroyals

Origin of nonroyal

From non- + royal.

Questions about nonroyal

What does nonroyal mean?
Nonroyal means not of royal rank or family.
What part of speech is nonroyal?
Nonroyal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonroyal in the dictionary

  1. nonrounded
  2. nonroutable
  3. nonrouted
  4. nonroutine
  5. nonroutines
  6. nonroyal
  7. nonroyalist
  8. nonroyalists
  9. nonroyals
  10. nonroyalty
  11. nonrubber

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