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ˈunder-king
[under-1 6 a. Cf. Du. onderkoning, G. unterkonig, ON. undirkonungr (Sw. underkonung, Da. -konge).]
A prince or ruler subordinate to a chief king.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 18 Hia ᵹesellas forðon iuih in ᵹemotum..& to under-cyningum..fore meh. c1060O.E. Chron. (MS. C) an. 1056, Swa þæt Griffin swor aðas þæt he wolde beon Eadwarde kinge hold underkingc. c117512th Cent. Hom. (1909) 22 Underkyng is ihaten þe under þam casere rixæð. c1205Lay. 31340 Cadwalan..nom him to rede..þat he aȝain wolde..and bi-teche Penda, þe wes his under⁓kinge, folc and his ferde. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 275 He put out Egbertus þe sone of Alcmundus þe underkyng. a1513Fabyan Chron. v. cxl. 125 This kyngedome..and the kynges therof, namyd vnder-kynges. 1587Golding De Mornay viii. 110 From the great Monarks we come to the Kings of seuerall Nations, and from them to vnderkings of Prouinces. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. I. ii. 26 Each having its own Ealdorman or Under-King, though united under one supreme chief. 1874Green Short Hist. i. §3 (1882) 18 The under-kings of Essex and East-Anglia received the creed of their overlord. |