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Definition king
Etymology 1
From Middle English king, kyng, from Old English cyng, cyning (“king”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, *kunungaz (“king”), equivalent to kin + -ing. Cognate with Scots king (“king”), North Frisian köning (“king”), West Frisian kening (“king”), Dutch koning (“king”), Low German Koning, Köning (“king”), German König (“king”), Danish konge (“king”), Norwegian konge, Swedish konung, kung (“king”), Icelandic konungur, kóngur (“king”), Finnish kuningas (“king”), Russian ????? (knjaz?, “prince”), ???????? (knjagínja, “princess”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English roy (“king”), borrowed from Old French roi, rei, rai (“king”).
Noun
king (plural kings)
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
- A powerful or majorly influential person.
- Something that has a preeminent position.
- A component of certain games.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- (Britain, slang) A king skin.
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
Verb
king (third-person singular simple present kings, present participle kinging, simple past and past participle kinged)
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To rule over as king.
- To perform the duties of a king.
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
Etymology 2
Noun
king (plural kings)
- Alternative form of qing (Chinese musical instrument)
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