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royals

royals is the plural of royal.

Meaning of royal

Noun

royal (plural royals)

  1. (capitalized, informal, often) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
    • Andy noted in RAIL 462: "The Royals are bound to have a great say in the decoration of the train and it speaks volumes for their regard for it that there are so many portraits of previous Royal Trains and items presented on trips. I sense they're extremely fond of it."2022 September 21, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Her Majesty's final journey”, in RAIL, number 966, page 3
  2. (paper) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
  3. (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
  4. (dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
  5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
  6. The fourth tine of an antler's beam.

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Noun capitalized: Royals

Royals

  1. (plural) plural of Royal

Proper noun capitalized: Royals

Royals

  1. A surname.

Origin of royals

See Royal.

Phrases with royals

Questions about royals

What does royals mean?
Royals means a surname.
What is royals the plural of?
Royals is the plural of royal.
What part of speech is royals?
Royals can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near royals in the dictionary

  1. royalls
  2. royally
  3. royalme
  4. royalmes
  5. royalness
  6. royals
  7. royalsail
  8. royalsails
  9. Royalston
  10. royalties
  11. Royalton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: royals (page history and authors); Royals (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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