king /king/

1. A male hereditary chief ruler or titular head of a nation
2. A male monarch
3. A queen bee (obsolete)
4. A playing card having the picture of a king
5. In chess, either of two pieces, the most important pieces on each side, usu with a top in the shape of a crown, that can move one square at a time in any direction
6. In draughts, a piece that has been crowned
7. A man or other male animal who is pre-eminent among his fellows. Cf queen

1. To make king
2. To provide with a king (obsolete)

Denoting most important

kingˈdom noun

1. The state or attributes of a king
2. A monarchical state
3. A region that was once a monarchical state
4. The spiritual sovereignty of God
5. One of the three major divisions of natural history (animal, vegetable, mineral)
6. Any of the higher taxonomic ranks, each composed of a number of plant divisions, or animal phyla
7. An area in which a specified quality or attribute is paramount

kingˈdomed adjective (Shakespeare)

Provided with or constituted like a kingdom

kingˈdomless adjective

kingˈhood noun

1. Kingship
2. Kingliness

kingˈless adjective

kingˈlet noun

Either of two species of N American bird of the genus Regulus, allied to the goldcrest and firecrest

kingˈlihood noun

kingˈlike adjective

kingˈliness noun

kingˈling noun

A petty king

kingˈly adjective

1. Belonging or suitable to a king
2. Royal
3. Kinglike

In the manner of a king

Kings noun

The title of two historical books of the Old Testament

kingˈship noun

The state, office or dignity of a king

kingˈ-apple noun

A large red variety of apple

kingˈ-archon noun

The second of the nine archons in Athens, successor to the abolished kings in religious functions

kingˈbird noun

An American flycatcher

kingˈbolt or kingˈ-rod noun

1. A metal rod in a roof connecting the tie-beam and the ridge
2. A kingpin in a mechanical structure

King Charles's head noun

A matter that persists in obtruding itself as did King Charles's head in the thoughts of Mr Dick in Dickens's David Copperfield

King Charles spaniel see under spaniel

king cobra noun

A large Asiatic species of cobra

king crab noun

1. Any of several large decapods valued as a food (also stone crab)
2. Same as horseshoe crab (see under horse)

kingˈcraft noun (obsolete)

The art of governing

kingˈ-crow noun

A kind of drongo

kingˈcup noun

1. The buttercup
2. The marsh-marigold

kingdom come noun (informal)

1. The state after death
2. Some inconceivably far-off time

King Edward noun

A popular English variety of potato

kingˈfish noun

1. The opah
2. Any of various fish notable for their size or value (N American and Aust)

kingˈfisher noun

1. A European fish-eating bird with very brilliant blue-green and chestnut plumage, formerly known as the halcyon
2. Any bird of the same family, most species of which are not fish-eating
3. A brilliant blue colour (also adjective)

kingˈ-hit noun (Aust sl)

A knockout blow (also transitive verb)

King James Bible or King James Version noun

The Authorized Version

kingˈklip noun (S Afr)

Any of several marine food-fishes

King Log noun

A do-nothing king, as opposed to King Stork, one who devours his frog-subjects (from Aesop's fable)

kingˈmaker noun

A person who has the power to create kings or other high officials

king mob noun

The vulgar multitude

king-of-armsˈ (sometimes king-at-armsˈ) noun

A principal herald (those of England having the designations Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy and Ulster (includes N Ireland), of Scotland, Lyon)

king of beasts noun

The lion

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