regal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
    majestic; purple; royal; imperial.
    • golden age of imperial splendor
    • purple tyrant
    • regal attire
    • treated with royal acclaim
    • the royal carriage of a stag's head

WordNet

Re"gal adjective
Etymology
L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak.
    He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.
    Syn. -- Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
Re"gal noun
Etymology
F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Webster 1913