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king (kiŋ)

noun

  1. a male ruler of a nation or state usually called a kingdom; male sovereign, limited or absolute; monarch
    1. a man who is supreme or highly successful in some field an oil king
    2. something supreme in its class
  2. a playing card with a conventionalized picture of a king on it
  3. Checkers a piece that has been crowned and can thus move backward as well as forward
  4. Chess the chief piece, which can move one square in any direction

Etymology: ME < OE cyning, akin to ON konungr, OHG kuning < Gmc *kuningaz < *kunja-, kin + -ing-, belonging to: prob. basic sense, either “head of a kin” or “son of noble kin”

adjective

chief (in size, importance, etc.): often in combination

transitive verb

crown ()
King definition

King (kiŋ)

  1. King, (William Lyon) Mackenzie 1874-1950; Cdn. statesman: prime minister (1921-26; 1926-30; 1935-48)
  2. (kiŋ)
    King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1929-68; U.S. clergyman & leader in the civil rights movement: assassinated

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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