King Definition

kĭng
kings
noun
kings
A male ruler of a nation or state usually called a kingdom; male sovereign, limited or absolute; monarch.
Webster's New World
A man who is supreme or highly successful in some field.
An oil king.
Webster's New World
Something supreme in its class.
Webster's New World
A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event.
A homecoming king.
American Heritage
A playing card with a conventionalized picture of a king on it.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Martin Luther King
  • martin luther king jr
  • Billie Jean Moffitt King
  • billie jean king
  • Riley B King
  • b. b. king
  • world-beater
  • queen
  • top-executive
  • business-leader
  • big-businessman
  • baron
  • tycoon
  • power
  • mogul
pronoun

The title of a king.

Wiktionary

An English and Scottish surname​, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.

Wiktionary
adjective
Chief (in size, importance, etc.)
Webster's New World
verb
Webster's New World
To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.
American Heritage

To crown king, to make (a person) king.

Wiktionary
To rule over as king.
Wiktionary
To perform the duties of a king.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
the Three Kings
  • the three learned men from the East who came bearing gifts to the infant Jesus (Matt. 2:1-13)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of King

Noun

Singular:
king
Plural:
Kings

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to King

  • the Three Kings

Origin of King

  • 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”), Swedish konung, kung (“king”), Icelandic konungur, kóngur (“king”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English cyning genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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