| Noun | 1. | imperial - a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III | |
| 2. | imperial - a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach | |
| Adj. | 1. | imperial - relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire" | |
| 2. | imperial - befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace" | |
| 3. | imperial - 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"noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" | |