(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

(2):

(n.) A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.

(3):

(n.) A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

(4):

(n.) An outside seat on a diligence.

(5):

(n.) A luggage case on the top of a coach.

(6):

(n.) The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; - so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

(7):

(a.) Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.

(8):

(a.) Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.

(9):

(n.) 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):

(n.) 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.