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Meaning
Noun
●
A
male
monarch
; a
man
who
heads
a
monarch
y. If it is an
absolute monarchy
, then he is the
supreme
ruler
of his
nation.
●
A
powerful
or
majorly
influential
person.
●
Something that has a
preeminent
position.
●
In Chess:
A
component
of certain games.
The
principal
chess piece
, that
players
seek
to
threaten
with
unavoidable
capture
to result in a
victory
by
checkmate
. It is often the
tallest
piece
, with a
symbolic
crown
with a
cross
at the top.
●
In Card games:
A
component
of certain games.
A
playing card
with the
letter
"K" and the
image
of a
k
ing
on it
, the
thirteenth
card
in a given suit.
●
A
component
of certain games.
A
checker
(a
piece
of
checker
s/draughts) that
reached
the farthest
row
forward, thus becoming
crowned
(either by
turning
it upside-down, or by
stacking
another
checker
on it
) and
gaining
more
freedom
of movement.
The
central
pin
or
skittle
in
bowling
games.
●
In British English:
A
king
skin.
●
A
male
dragonfly
; a drake.
●
A
king-sized
bed.
●
The
monarch
with the most power and
authority
in a
monarch
y,
regardless of
sex.
●
In Graph theory:
A
vertex
in a
directed graph
which can
reach
every other
vertex
via a
path
with a
length
of
at most
2.
●
Alternative form of
qing
(“Chinese
musical
instrument”)
●
radiotelephony clear-code
word
for the
letter
K.
●
The
title
of a king.
Verb
●
To
crown
king
, to make (a person)
king
.
●
To
rule
over as king.
●
To
perform
the
duties
of a king.
●
To
assume
or
pretend
preeminence
(over); to
lord
it over.
●
To
promote
a
piece
of draughts/checkers that has
traversed
the
board
to the
opposite side
, that
piece
subsequently
being
permitted
to
move
backwards
as well as forwards.
●
To
dress
and
perform
as a
drag
king.
Name
●
An English and Scottish
surname
transferred
from the
nickname
,
originally
a
nickname
for someone
who either
acted
as if
he were a
king
or had
worked
in the
king's
household.
●
King
class
, a
class
of
steam locomotives
once used on the GWR.
●
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Gibson County, Indiana.
●
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
city
in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.
●
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
neighbourhood
in
north-east
Portland, Oregon.
●
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Clay County, West Virginia.
An
unincorporated
community
in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
●
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
town
in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
●
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
census-designated place
in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
●
A
township
in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
●
A
village
on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
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Origin
king
English
king
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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