n. of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"

v. become purple

v. color purple

adj. 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"

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

adj. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

adj. of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband"

adj. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

adj. of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest"

adj. having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp"

adj. having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"

adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"

adj. being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"