royal we
royal we noun: the first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used in formal speech by any royal personage to refer to themselves, most especially a sovereign in their role as the monarch.
Noun
royal we (plural royal we's or (rare) royal wes)
- The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used in formal speech by any royal personage to refer to themselves, most especially a sovereign in their role as the monarch.
- Queen Victoria is the monarch most commonly associated with the use of the royal we, as in "We are not amused."
- The string of royal we’s in lines 19–27 conflates his personal responsibility with those of the civic institution and the city fathers, and the two analogies he appeals to along the way have self-exculpatory force.1997, Harry Berger, Jr., “What Does the Duke Know and When Does He Know It? Carrying the Torch in Measure for Measure”, in Peter Erickson, editor, Making Trifles of Terrors: Redistributing...
- Synonym of editorial we.
- Synonyms:
- editorial we
royal we meaning in Tamil
royal we in Tamil
- plural we used by a sovereign
- யாம் yām
Examples of royal we in a sentence
- I’s indicative of real people must be suppressed, even at the cost of substituting royal we’s.1999, Peter Gould, “[Thinking about Teaching] What Is Worth Teaching in Geography?”, in Becoming a Geographer, Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse...
- The content of the two parentheticals signal that this is a royal we speaking; its royal we tone is a blend of a camp sensibility with a genuine pathos for poor Nestor.2016, Ralph E. Rodriguez, “I Digress: Reading Chicano Narrative and Manuel Muñoz’s “Monkey, Sí””, in William Orchard, Yolanda Padilla...
- I would see this war end before my reign does.” The royal we was gone again, but he amended the breach as he continued.2020, Christopher Ruocchio, Demon in White (The Sun Eater; 3), New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 18:
- There are at least four possibilities: an inclusive we, an exclusive we, a “royal we” and a “patronizing we.” We might refer inclusively to Mr.2021, Stanton Wortham, Angela Reyes, “Central tools and techniques”, in Discourse Analysis Beyond the Speech Event, 2nd edition, Abingdon...
Synonyms of royal we
Forms of royal we
| plural | royal we's |
|---|---|
| plural (rare) | royal wes |
Questions about royal we
- What does royal we mean?
- Royal we means the first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used in formal speech by any royal personage to refer to themselves, most especially a sovereign in their role as the monarch.
- What is royal we in Tamil?
- Royal we in Tamil is யாம் (yām). See Royal we meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use royal we in a sentence?
- I’s indicative of real people must be suppressed, even at the cost of substituting royal we’s.
- What part of speech is royal we?
- Royal we is a noun.
- What is the plural of royal we?
- The plural of royal we is royal we's.
Words near royal we in the dictionary
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