The definition of imperial is something magnificent, domineering or related to an empire.
(adjective)See imperial in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: OFr < L imperialis < imperium, empire
noun
Origin: after the emperor Louis Napoleon, who set this fashion
a pointed tuft of beard on the lower lip and chinRelated Forms:
See imperial in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin imperiālis
Origin: , from imperium, command; see Empire
Origin: . N., sense 5, after the beard of Napoleon III
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