English to English
king
(k/I//N/
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noun (n)
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a competitor who holds a preeminent position(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field(noun.state)Example:
The lion is the king of beasts.
source: wordnet30 - United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.(noun)source: webster1913
- A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.(verb)source: webster1913