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      king
      noun
      A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
      The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
      A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
      (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
      A component of certain games.
      (chess) 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.
      (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
      A 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.
      The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
      A male dragonfly; a drake.
      (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
      (UK, slang) A king skin.
      A king-sized bed.
      The title of a king.
      An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
      (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.
      (UK, rail transport) King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on the GWR.
      A number of places in the United States:
      A city in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.
      An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
      A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
      A census-designated place in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
      A township in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
      A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
      An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
      An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
      A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
      Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”). [A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.]
      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.
      Synonyms for king
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      Words related to king
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