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[1] a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
[2] (initial capital letter ) God or Christ.
[3] a person or thing preeminent in its class: a king of actors.
[4] a playing card bearing a picture of a king.
[5] Chess . the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction.
[6] Checkers . a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction.
[7] Entomology . a fertile male termite.
[8] a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter K.
[9] to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown.
[10] Informal . to design or make (a product) king-size: The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes.
[11] to reign as king.
[12] Informal . king-size.
[13] king it , to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner: He kinged it over all the other kids on the block.
[14] Billie Jean (Mof·fitt) [mof -it] /ˈmɒf ɪt/ , born 1943, U.S. tennis player.
[15] Clarence, 1842–1901, U.S. geologist and cartographer.
[16] Co·ret·ta Scott [kaw-ret -uh ] /kɔˈrɛt ə/ , 1927–2006, U.S. civil rights leader (widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
[17] Ernest Joseph, 1878–1956, U.S. naval officer.
[18] Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, U.S. Baptist minister: civil-rights leader; Nobel Peace Prize 1964.
[19] Maxine Micki , born 1944, U.S. springboard diver.
[20] Richard, 1825–85, U.S. rancher and steamboat operator.
[21] Riley B. B.B. , 1925–2015, U.S. blues singer and guitarist.
[22] Rufus, 1755–1827, U.S. political leader and statesman.
[23] Stephen, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
[24] William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48.
[25] William Rufus De·Vane [duh -veyn ] /dəˈveɪn/ , 1786–1853, vice president of the U.S. 1853.
[26] (of cooked fowl, fish, etc.) diced and served in a cream sauce containing mushrooms, pimiento, or green pepper: chicken à la king.
[27] one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland.
[28] Joseph King , 1885?–1938, U.S. cornet player, bandleader, and composer: pioneer in jazz.
[29] a male given name.
[30] a male sovereign prince who is the official ruler of an independent state; monarch Related adjectives: royal, regal, monarchical
[31] a ruler or chief king of the fairies (in combination ) the pirate king
[32] a person, animal, or thing considered as the best or most important of its kind (as modifier ) a king bull
[33] any of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a king
[34] the most important chess piece, although theoretically the weakest, being able to move only one square at a time in any direction See also check (def. 30), checkmate
[35] draughts a piece that has moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, after which it may move backwards as well as forwards
[36] king of kings God a title of any of various oriental monarchs
[37] to make (someone) a king
[38] king it to act in a superior fashion
[39] B.B., real name Riley B. King. born 1925, US blues singer and guitarist
[40] Billie Jean (née Moffitt ). born 1943, US tennis player: winner of twelve Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon (1966–68, 1972–73, and 1975) and the US Open (1967, 1971–72, and 1974)
[41] Martin Luther. 1929–68, US Baptist minister and civil-rights leader. He advocated nonviolence in his campaigns against the segregation of Black people in the South: assassinated: Nobel Peace Prize 1964
[42] Stephen (Edwin ). born 1947, US writer esp of horror novels; his books, many of which have been filmed, include Carrie (1974), The Shining (1977), Misery (1988), and Everything's Eventual (2002)
[43] William Lyon Mackenzie. 1874–1950, Canadian Liberal statesman; prime minister (1921–26; 1926–30; 1935–48)
[44] (usually postpositive) cooked in a cream sauce with mushrooms and green peppers
[45] one of Charlemagne's 12 paladins See also Roland
[46] Isaac. ?1556–1617, English portrait miniaturist, born in France: he studied under Hilliard and worked at James I's court
[47] Jamie (Trevor ). born 1975, British chef and presenter of television cookery programmes
[48] Joseph, known as King Oliver. 1885–1938, US pioneer jazz cornetist

Words related to King

monarch, emperor, sultan, tycoon, overlord, magnate, baron, potentate, sovereign, majesty, mogul, kaiser, prince, czar, maharajah, caesar, rajah, mikado, caliph, rex

Words nearby King

kinetograph, kinetoplast, kinetoscope, kinetosis, kinfolk, king, king bee, king charles spaniel, king clam, king closer, king cobra

Origin of King

à la kingFirst recorded in 1915–20

Other words from King

king·less , adjective
king·less·ness , noun
king·like , adjective
out·king , verb (used with object)
sub·king , noun
un·der·king , noun
un·kinged , adjective
un·king·like , adjective

Word origin for King

Old English cyning; related to Old High German kunig king, Danish konge

Synonyms for King

emperor, monarch, sultan, baron, caesar, caliph, czar, kaiser, khan, magnate, maharajah, majesty, mikado, mogul, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, rajah, rex, shah, sovereign, tycoon, crowned head, gerent, imperator