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[1] either of two books of the Bible, I Kings or II Kings, which contain the history of the kings of Israel and Judah. Abbreviation : Ki.
[2] 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.
[3] (initial capital letter ) God or Christ.
[4] a person or thing preeminent in its class: a king of actors.
[5] a playing card bearing a picture of a king.
[6] Chess . the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction.
[7] Checkers . a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction.
[8] Entomology . a fertile male termite.
[9] a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter K.
[10] to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown.
[11] Informal . to design or make (a product) king-size: The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes.
[12] to reign as king.
[13] Informal . king-size.
[14] king it , to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner: He kinged it over all the other kids on the block.
[15] (functioning as singular) Old Testament (in versions based on the Hebrew, including the Authorized Version) either of the two books called I and II Kings recounting the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
[16] a male sovereign prince who is the official ruler of an independent state; monarch Related adjectives: royal, regal, monarchical
[17] a ruler or chief king of the fairies (in combination ) the pirate king
[18] a person, animal, or thing considered as the best or most important of its kind (as modifier ) a king bull
[19] any of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a king
[20] 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
[21] draughts a piece that has moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, after which it may move backwards as well as forwards
[22] king of kings God a title of any of various oriental monarchs
[23] to make (someone) a king
[24] king it to act in a superior fashion
[25] B.B., real name Riley B. King. born 1925, US blues singer and guitarist
[26] 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)
[27] 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
[28] 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)
[29] William Lyon Mackenzie. 1874–1950, Canadian Liberal statesman; prime minister (1921–26; 1926–30; 1935–48)

Words related to Kings

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

Origin of Kings

before 900; Middle English; Old English cyng, cyni(n)g; cognate with German König, Dutch koning, Old Norse konungr, Swedish konung, Danish konge. See kin, -ing3

Other words from Kings

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 Kings

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

Synonyms for Kings

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