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Definition of Royals
1. royal [n] - See also: royal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Royals
Literary usage of Royals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"Determining that the Greys and the royals should at once be halted, ... The Greys
It was only after two successive movements in re- royals treat that the ..."
2. A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada: Parliamentary and Political by Robert Christie (1866)
"The 1st, or royals, entered the village by the road leading from it to the place
known as " Grand Brule"—a few straggling shots being fired at them just ..."
3. The Dawn of British Trade to the East Indies: As Recorded in the Court ...by East India Company by East India Company (1886)
"royals, 1 see also Dollars and Spanish royals of Plate, ... 57 ; two adventures
brought 1n 1n Spanish money royals of 8 at xviij the jC ..."
4. The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 by William Siborne (1895)
"Captain CLARK, command ing the Centre Squadron of the royals, on discovering the
group, instantly gave the Order, " Right shoulders forward—attack the ..."
5. The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, and Present State: With Some by Alexander Ross (1856)
"The decades—Epidemic of 1846—State of public feeling—Deaths—The 6th royals—The
effect—The pensioners —The Company's policy—A military Governor—Government ..."
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