royall
royall is the obsolete form of royal.
Meaning of royal
Adjective
royal (comparative royaler or royaller, superlative royalest or royallest)
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […]1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- How doth that royal Merchant good Anthonio;c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- royal mast; royal sail
- Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- Used as an intensifier.
- a royal pain in the neck
- Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.
Proper noun capitalized: Royall
Royall (plural Royalls)
- A surname.
Forms of royall
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more royall |
| superlative | most royall |
| Noun | |
| plural | royalls |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Royalls |
Words formed from royall
Questions about royall
- What does royall mean?
- Royall means a surname.
- What is royall the obsolete form of?
- Royall is the obsolete form of royal.
- What part of speech is royall?
- Royall is a proper noun.
Words near royall in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: royall (page history and authors); Royall (page history and authors); royal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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