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| king [ king ] |
noun (plural kings) |
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1. male sovereign: a man or boy who rules as a monarch over an independent state
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2. chief: a ruler of a group
  Jupiter was king of the Roman gods.
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3. best example: any animal considered as the best, strongest, or biggest of its kind
The lion is variously called the king of beasts or the king of the jungle.
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4. preeminent man: the principal man or preeminent male figure in a field
king of the talk shows
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5. high face card: a card in each suit of a deck that carries the picture of a king
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6. principal chess piece: the most important piece in chess, whose capture wins the game
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7. crowned piece in checkers: a piece in the game of checkers that has reached the far side of the board and has been crowned, and may therefore move in any direction
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transitive verb (past and past participle kinged, present participle king·ing, 3rd person present singular kings) |
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1. crown piece in checkers: to make a piece into a king in the game of checkers
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2. crown somebody king: to make somebody a king
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| [ Old English cyning< Germanic] |
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| king·ship noun |
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