majestic plural

English

Noun

majestic plural (plural majestic plurals)

1. The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themself in their role as the monarch.

Hyponyms

• (plural used by a sovereign): royal we

Related terms

• author's plural
• plural of modesty

Translations

plural used by a sovereign

• Danish: pluralis majestatis, majestætisk flertal c
• Faroese: tignarfleirtal n
• German: Pluralis Majestatis (de) m
• Hungarian: királyi többes
• Latin: pluralis maiestatis
• Portuguese: plural majestático m