5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, n.
A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details,
and in having a trump; also any one of several combinations
of cards which score in this game.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF emperial, F.
imp['e]rial, fr L. imperialis, fr imperium command,
sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.]
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as an
imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome.
--Shak.
2. Belonging to or suitable to supreme authority, or one
who wields it royal; sovereign; supreme. ``The imperial
democracy of Athens.'' --Mitford.
Who as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an
imperial voice. --Shak.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free These
are imperial arts, and worthy thee. --Dryden.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line
of battle. --E. Everett.
3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as imperial
paper; imperial tea, etc
{Imperial bushel}, {gallon}, etc See {Bushel}, {Gallon},
etc
{Imperial chamber}, the the sovereign court of the old
German empire.
{Imperial city}, under the first German empire, a city having
no head but the emperor.
{Imperial diet}, an assembly of all the states of the German
empire.
{Imperial drill}. (Manuf.) See under 8th {Drill}.
{Imperial eagle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Eagle}.
{Imperial green}. See {Paris green}, under {Green}.
{Imperial guard}, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.
{Imperial weights and measures}, the standards legalized by
the British Parliament.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, n. [F. imp['e]riale: cf Sp imperial.]
1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so
called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
2. An outside seat on a diligence. --T. Hughes.
3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. --Simmonds.
4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large
decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of
drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc
5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight
dollars. --McElrath.
6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or
other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
imperial
adj 1: relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony";
"the imperial gallon was standardized legally
throughout the British Empire"
2: befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial
palace"
3: 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" [syn: {majestic}, {purple}, {regal}, {royal}]
n 1: a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: {Imperial
beard}]
2: a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Imperial, CA (city, FIPS 36280)
Location: 32.84051 N, 115.57103 W
Population (1990): 4113 (1372 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92251
Imperial, MO (CDP, FIPS 34354)
Location: 38.36773 N, 90.37222 W
Population (1990): 4156 (1564 housing units)
Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Imperial, NE (city, FIPS 23690)
Location: 40.51623 N, 101.63761 W
Population (1990): 2007 (870 housing units)
Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 69033
Imperial, PA
Zip code(s): 15126
Imperial, TX
Zip code(s): 79743
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