royal we

English

Noun

royal we (plural royal wes)

1. 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:

  Cantonese: 朕 (zam⁶)

  Mandarin: 朕 (zh) (zhèn)

• Esperanto: reĝa ni
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: nous de majesté (fr)
• Japanese: 朕 (ja) (chin), われわれ (ja) (wareware)