Overview of noun imperial

The noun imperial has 2 senses

• imperial, imperial beard -- (a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III)


• imperial -- (a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach)

Overview of adj imperial

The adj imperial has 4 senses

• imperial -- (relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire")


• imperial -- (of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures)


• imperial -- (befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace")


• imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal -- (belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head")