 11 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
imperial
adjective
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}]
noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, noun [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
drawing, 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.
7. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "imperial":
Vandyke, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary,
aristocratic, arrogant, august, authoritarian, authoritative,
autocratic, beard, beaver, bossy, bristles, crown, despotic,
dictatorial, domineering, down, duodecimo, dynastic, eighteenmo,
exalted, excellent, feudal, folio, goatee, grand, grinding,
high-handed, imperative, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperious,
imposing, kinglike, kingly, lofty, lordly, magisterial, magistral,
magnificent, majestic, masterful, medium, monarchal, monarchial,
monarchic, monocratic, noble, octavo, octodecimo, oppressive,
overbearing, overruling, peach fuzz, peremptory, princelike,
princely, purple, quarto, queenlike, queenly, regal, repressive,
royal, severe, sextodecimo, side whiskers, sixteenmo, sovereign,
splendid, strict, stubble, super, superior, suppressive, supreme,
tuft, twelvemo, tyrannical, tyrannous, whiskers
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Imperial, MO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Missouri
Population (2000): 4373
Housing Units (2000): 1720
Land area (2000): 5.382812 sq. miles (13.941418 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.741433 sq. miles (1.920303 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.124245 sq. miles (15.861721 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34354
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.370735 N, 90.373460 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Imperial, MO
Imperial
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Imperial, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 1982
Housing Units (2000): 887
Land area (2000): 2.517650 sq. miles (6.520684 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001206 sq. miles (0.003124 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.518856 sq. miles (6.523808 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23690
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.518398 N, 101.642491 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69033
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Imperial, NE
Imperial
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Imperial, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 7560
Housing Units (2000): 2385
Land area (2000): 3.912696 sq. miles (10.133835 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.912696 sq. miles (10.133835 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36280
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 32.842630 N, 115.571841 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 92251
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Imperial, CA
Imperial
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Imperial-Enlow, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 3514
Housing Units (2000): 1492
Land area (2000): 4.040907 sq. miles (10.465900 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.040907 sq. miles (10.465900 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36772
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.451404 N, 80.242353 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15126
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Imperial-Enlow, PA
Imperial-Enlow
Imperial, PA
Imperial
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Imperial, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 428
Housing Units (2000): 245
Land area (2000): 4.233356 sq. miles (10.964340 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.233356 sq. miles (10.964340 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35828
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.271968 N, 102.695799 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79743
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Imperial, TX
Imperial
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Imperial -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 142361
Housing Units (2000): 43891
Land area (2000): 4174.732434 sq. miles (10812.506906 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 306.998053 sq. miles (795.121274 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4481.730487 sq. miles (11607.628180 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 32.963098 N, 115.487593 W
Headwords:
Imperial
Imperial, CA
Imperial County
Imperial County, CA
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