royal household

noun

The immediate family and principal courtiers and servants of a royal personage, especially a monarch; an organization with roles and departments that supports the functions of such a personage.

“Holonym: court”

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Meanings

nounroyal household (plural royal households)

plural royal households

  1. The immediate family and principal courtiers and servants of a royal personage, especially a monarch; an organization with roles and departments that supports the functions of such a personage.

    Holonym: court

    1 more example

    The Royal Household faces very different cost of living pressures to everyone else, but it is still required to watch the pennies (well, the millions anyway).

    2025 July 9, Dickon Ross, “Cost-effective Royal Train: the King's conundrum”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 3
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