Definitions for the word "real" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Royal; regal; kingly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Relating to things, not to persons.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A realist.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. adj.
1 actually existing or occurring. 2 genuine; rightly so called; not artificial. 3 law consisting of immovable property such as land or houses (real estate). 4 appraised by purchasing power (real value). 5 math. (of a quantity) having no imaginary part (see *imaginary 2). adv. Scot. & us colloq. Really, very. for real colloq. Seriously, in earnest. The real thing (of an object or emotion) genuine, not inferior. [anglo-french and latin realis from res thing]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. n.
Hist. Coin and monetary unit in spanish-speaking countries. [spanish: related to *royal]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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