king

Meanings

Noun

• A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. 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.
• A component of certain games.
• A king skin.
• A male dragonfly; a drake.
• A king-sized bed.
• The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
• Alternative of qing

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.

Related

Similar words

• Rex , roy

Origin

• From Middle English king, kyng, from Old English cyng, cyning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, *kunungaz, equivalent to kin + -ing. cyning.
• Cognate with Scots keeng ("king"), North Frisian köning ("king"), West Frisian kening ("king"), Dutch koning ("king"), Low German Koning, Köning, German König ("king"), Danish konge ("king"), Norwegian konge, Swedish konung, kung, Icelandic konungur, kóngur, Finnish kuningas ("king"), Russian князь ("prince"), княги́ня. Eclipsed non-native Middle English roy (Early Modern English roy), borrowed from Old French roi, rei, rai.