adj.
   - relating to an empire or an emperor. 
▸characteristic of an emperor; magnificent.
 - relating to or denoting the system of non-metric weights and measures formerly used for all measures in the UK, and still used for some.
 - chiefly historical (of a size of paper) measuring (in the UK) 762 × 559 mm (30 × 22 inches).
 
n.
 a small pointed beard growing below the lower lip (associated with Napoleon III of France).
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: via OFr. from L. imperialis, from imperium ‘command, empire’; rel. to imperare ‘to command’.