Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

2. (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.

3. (n.) Loyalty; devotion.

4. (n.) See 2d Realty, 2.