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King

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1.NounA male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
"Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.; Charles the third became the new king of England from 2022."
2.NounThe monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
3.NounA male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
4.NounA powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
"Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media"."
5.NounSomething that has a preeminent position.
"In times of financial panic, cash is king."
6.NounA 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. A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
7.NounThe 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.
8.NounA playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
9.NounA checker (a piece of checkers/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.
10.NounThe central pin or skittle in bowling games.
11.NounA king skin.
"Oi mate, have you got kings?"
12.NounA male dragonfly; a drake.
13.NounA king-sized bed.
14.NounA vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
15.VerbTo crown king, to make (a person) king.
16.VerbTo rule over as king.
17.VerbTo perform the duties of a king.
18.VerbTo assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
19.VerbTo 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.
20.VerbTo dress and perform as a drag king.
21.NounAlternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
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