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Adjective royal has 5 senses

royal - of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch; "the royal party"; "the royal crest"; "by royal decree"; "a royal visit"
royal - established or chartered or authorized by royalty; "the Royal Society"
royal - being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"
Antonym: lowborn (indirect, via noble)
imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal - 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"
Antonym: lowborn (indirect, via noble)
royal - invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe"
Antonyms: uncrowned, crownless (indirect, via crowned)

Noun royal has 2 senses

royal - a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
--₁ is a kind of sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
royal, royal stag - stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
--₂ is a kind of stag