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royal we
English
Noun
royal
we
(
plural
royal wes
)
The
first-person
plural
pronoun
we
as traditionally used by a
sovereign
in
formal
speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.
Queen Victoria is the monarch most commonly associated with the use of the
royal we
, as in "We are not amused."
Hypernyms
(
plural "we" used by a sovereign
)
:
majestic plural
Related terms
editorial we
Translations
plural "we" used by a sovereign
Chinese:
Mandarin:
朕
(zh)
(
zhèn
)
Esperanto:
reĝa ni
French:
nous de majesté
(fr)
Japanese:
朕
(ja)
(
chin
)
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