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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

imperial
     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

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}]