ROYAL CHARTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does royal charter mean? 

• ROYAL CHARTER (noun)
  The noun ROYAL CHARTER has 1 sense:

1. a charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain)

  Familiarity information: ROYAL CHARTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROYAL CHARTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("royal charter" is a kind of...):

charter (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Instance hyponyms:

Magna Carta; Magna Charta; The Great Charter (the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215)