Search Result for "royal society":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science;
[syn: Royal Society, Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Royal Society
    n 1: an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a
         royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the
         British government has supported science [syn: Royal
         Society, Royal Society of London for Improving Natural
         Knowledge]