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royall

royall is the obsolete form of royal.

Meaning of royal

Adjective

royal (comparative royaler or royaller, superlative royalest or royallest)

  1. 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
  2. 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]...
  3. In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
    • royal mast; royal sail
    Synonyms:
    imperial, sultanic
  4. Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
  5. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
    • a royal pain in the neck
  6. 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.

See all 24 meanings of royal

Proper noun capitalized: Royall

Royall (plural Royalls)

  1. A surname.

Forms of royall

Adjective
comparativemore royall
superlativemost royall
Noun
pluralroyalls
Proper noun
pluralRoyalls

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

  1. royalization
  2. royalize
  3. royalized
  4. royalizes
  5. royalizing
  6. royall
  7. Royalla
  8. royaller
  9. royallest
  10. royalls
  11. royally

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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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