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royal household

royal household noun: the immediate family and principal courtiers and servants of a royal personage, especially a monarch; an organization with roles and departments that supports the functions of such a personage.

Noun

royal household (plural royal households)

  1. The immediate family and principal courtiers and servants of a royal personage, especially a monarch; an organization with roles and departments that supports the functions of such a personage.
    • Holonym: court
    • The Royal Household faces very different cost of living pressures to everyone else, but it is still required to watch the pennies (well, the millions anyway).2025 July 9, Dickon Ross, “Cost-effective Royal Train: the King's conundrum”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 3

Forms of royal household

pluralroyal households

Questions about royal household

What does royal household mean?
Royal household means the immediate family and principal courtiers and servants of a royal personage, especially a monarch; an organization with roles and departments that supports the functions of such a personage.
What part of speech is royal household?
Royal household is a noun.
What is the plural of royal household?
The plural of royal household is royal households.

Words near royal household in the dictionary

  1. royal galas
  2. Royal George
  3. Royal Gorge
  4. Royal Highness
  5. royal house
  6. royal household
  7. royal households
  8. royal houses
  9. royal icing
  10. royal icings
  11. Royal Irish Constabulary

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