noun an outside seat on a diligence.
2. imperial ·noun a luggage case on the top of a coach.
3. imperial ·noun a gold coin of russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
4. imperial ·adj of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, ·etc.
5. imperial ·adj belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
6. imperial ·noun the tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin;
so called from the style of beard of napoleon iii.
7. imperial ·noun a kind of fine cloth brought into england from greece. or other eastern countries, in the middle ages.
8. imperial ·adj of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
9. imperial ·noun 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.
10. imperial ·add. ·noun 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.