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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)

  1. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
  2. A powerful or majorly influential person.
  3. Something that has a preeminent position.
  4. A component of certain games.
    1. (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.
    2. (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
    3. 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.
  5. (Britain, slang) A king skin.
  6. A male dragonfly; a drake.
  7. A king-sized bed.
Verb

king (third-person singular simple present kings, present participle kinging, simple past and past participle kinged)

  1. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
  2. To rule over as king.
  3. To perform the duties of a king.
  4. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
  5. 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.
  6. To dress and perform as a drag king.

Etymology 2

Noun

king (plural kings)

  1. Alternative form of qing (Chinese musical instrument)

Results 260 Words with the letters KING

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7 letter words with the letters KING 
6 letter words with the letters KING 
ASKING 13
BAKING 16
BIKING 16
CAKING 16
COKING 16
DEKING 14
DIKING 14
DUKING 15
DYKING 16
FAKING 16
GASKIN 13
GINGKO 15
GINKGO 15
HIKING 15
HOKING 15
INKING 14
IRKING 13
JINGKO 22
JOKING 22
JUKING 23
KEYING 15
KIANGS 13
KINGED 14
KINGLY 16
KITING 13
KNIGHT 15
LAKING 14
LIKING 14
MAKING 16
MIKING 16
NUKING 15
PIKING 16
POKING 16
PUKING 17
RAKING 13
RYKING 15
SKIING 13
SKYING 15
TAKING 13
TOKING 13
TSKING 13
VIKING 17
WAKING 16
YOKING 15
5 letter words with the letters KING 
EKING 12
GINKS 12
KIANG 12
KINGS 12
4 letter words with the letters KING 
GINK 11
KING 11
3 letter words with the letters KING 
GIN 6
INK 8
KIN 8
2 letter words with the letters KING 
GI 4
IN 3
KI 6

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