Associations to the word «Regal»

Wiktionary

REGAL, adjective. Of or having to do with royalty.
REGAL, adjective. Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
REGAL, noun. (obsolete) (musici) A small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
REGAL FRITILLARIES, noun. Plural of regal fritillary
REGAL FRITILLARY, noun. Speyeria idalia, a striking nymphalid butterfly of the east-central United States, with a deep orange color and dark hindwings with two bands of spots.
REGAL HORNED LIZARD, noun. Phrynosoma solare, a horned lizard, with a wide toad-shaped body about seven inches long, noted for the ten horns that form a crown-like structure on its head.

Dictionary definition

REGAL, adjective. 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".

Wise words

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