–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to a king, queen, or other sovereign: royal power; a royal palace.

2.	descended from or related to a king or line of kings: a royal prince.

3.	noting or having the rank of a king or queen.

4.	established or chartered by or existing under the patronage of a sovereign: a royal society.

5.	(initial capital letter) serving or subject to a king, queen, or other sovereign.

6.	proceeding from or performed by a sovereign: a royal warrant.

7.	appropriate to or befitting a sovereign; magnificent; stately: royal splendor.

8.	(usually initial capital letter) British. in the service of the monarch or of the Commonwealth: Royal Marines; Royal Air Force.

9.	fine; excellent: in royal spirits.

10.	Informal. extreme or persistent; unmitigated: a royal nuisance; a royal pain.

–noun

11.	Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.

12.	Informal. a royal person; member of the royalty.

13.	Usually, royals. Chiefly British. a member of England's royal fa d21 mily.

14.	a size of printing paper, 20 × 25 in. (51 × 64 cm).

15.	a size of writing paper, 19 × 24 in. (48 × 61 cm).

16.	Numismatics. any of various former coins, as the real or ryal.

A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altai eda r and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

–noun, plural -nos for 1.

1.	a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., esp. such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.

2.	(in Italy) a small country house or lodge.

3.	Also, cassino. Cards. a game in which cards that are face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.