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Imperial   /ɪmpˈɪriəl/   Listen
Imperial

adjective
1.
Relating to or associated with an empire.  "The imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"
2.
Of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures.
3.
Befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress.
4.
Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.  Synonyms: majestic, purple, regal, royal.  "Purple tyrant" , "Regal attire" , "Treated with royal acclaim" , "The royal carriage of a stag's head"
noun
1.
A small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III.  Synonym: imperial beard.
2.
A piece of luggage carried on top of a coach.



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"Imperial" Quotes from Famous Books



... difficult on account of the narrowness of the stream and its exceedingly sinuous course. Frequently the steamer had to be towed by a line passed on shore and fastened round a tree. At Tien-Tsin the travelers landed, and witnessed a review of some imperial cavalry regiments mounted upon Tartar ponies, with high saddles and short stirrups. The warriors wore queues and were dressed in long robes. Their moustaches gave them, however, a fierce martial air, and they were armed with English sabres and ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873 • Various
... Goodness, to-day when we were coming home from the Imperial Festival, we met Viktor in M. Street, but unfortunately he did not see us. He was in full-dress uniform and was walking with 3 other officers whom neither I nor Hella know. We were frightfully angry because he did not recognise us; Hella thinks it can only be because we were both ...
— A Young Girl's Diary • An Anonymous Young Girl
... down before the Puritan force. Still, though he would be a bold man who could attempt to excuse—much less to justify—the barbarities that took place, it may be doubted whether all the Cromwellian outrages put together equalled a single one of those which the Imperial troops had committed during the war which had been raging for thirty years in Germany—such for instance as the sacking of Magdeburg. It is estimated, however, that about 600,000 people (of whom 500,000 were of the Irish race and 100,000 of the English) perished by the sword, pestilence or ...
— Is Ulster Right? • Anonymous
... the prefect trebled it fifty times. Better than that, better than all the imperial revenues from the first year of the first Caesar—I will make this race to humble my enemy. Vengeance is permitted ...
— Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Lew Wallace
... imperial cheese. One pound Ceylon tea. One three-quarter pound tin ground coffee. One four-pound tin granulated sugar. Two tins ox tongue. One tin oxford sausage. Two tins sardines. Two tins kippered herrings. Three tins deviled ham ...
— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon


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