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1. (n.) king
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usu. by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
2. king
a person or thing preeminent in its class:
the king of actors.
3. king
a playing card bearing a picture of a king.
4. king
the chief chess piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game: moved one square at a time in any direction.
5. king
a checker piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction.
6. (v.t.) king
to make a king of; crown.
7. (adj.) king
large; king-size.
8. king
preeminent.
9. (n.) King
Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, U.S. Baptist minister: civil-rights leader; Nobel peace prize 1964.
10. King
William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, prime minister of Canada 1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48.
11. King
William Rufus DeVane, 1786–1853, vice president of the U.S. 1853.
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| Definition of 'KING' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) king, male monarch, Rex
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
2. (noun) king, queen, world-beater
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
3. (noun) baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
a very wealthy or powerful businessman
"an oil baron"
4. (noun) king
preeminence in a particular category or group or field
"the lion is the king of beasts"
5. (noun) King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
6. (noun) King, B. B. King, Riley B King
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
7. (noun) King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
8. (noun) king
a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
9. (noun) king
one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
10. (noun) king
(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
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1. (noun) king
a male ruler of a country
King John and his loyal men
2. king
a man who is considered to be the best at sth
the king of comedy
3. king
a playing card with a picture of a king
the king of hearts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) KING
a Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer
2. (noun) KING
a chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince
3. (noun) KING
one who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts
4. (noun) KING
a playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds
5. (noun) KING
the chief piece in the game of chess
6. (noun) KING
a crowned man in the game of draughts
7. (noun) KING
the title of two historical books in the Old Testament
8. (verb) KING
to supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty
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| Definitions of 'KING' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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KING
1. In the presence of genius, a pleb.
2. A vestige.
3. One whose chief diversion lately has been to watch himself grow beautifully less.
4. A First Cause run to seed.
5. Divine Right tempered by bombs.
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Sense: a male ruler of a nation, who inherits his position by right of birth
He became king when his father died; King Charles III.
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 Afrikaans: koning |
 Arabic: مَلِك |
 Bulgarian: крал |
 Brazilian: rei |
 Czech: král |
 German: der König |
 Danish: konge |
 Greek: βασιλιάς |
 Spanish: rey |
 Estonian: kuningas |
 Farsi: پادشاه |
 Finnish: kuningas |
 French: roi |
 Hebrew: מֶלֶך |
 Hindi: राजा |
 Croatian: kralj |
 Hungarian: király |
 Indonesian: raja |
 Icelandic: konungur |
 Italian: re |
 Japanese: 王 |
 Korean: 국왕 |
 Lithuanian: karalius |
 Latvian: karalis |
 Malay: raja |
 Dutch: koning |
 Norwegian: konge |
 Polish: król |
 Persian: ،سلطان پادشاه |
 Pashto: شاه،پاچاه |
 Portuguese: rei |
 Romanian: rege |
 Russian: король |
 Slovak: kráľ |
 Slovenian: kralj |
 Serbian: kralj |
 Swedish: kung |
 Thai: กษัตริย์ |
 Turkish: kral |
 Taiwanese: 國王 |
 Ukrainian: король; цар |
 Urdu: بادشاہ |
 Vietnamese: vua |
 Chinese: 国王 |
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