Definition of King

Noun: king  king

  1. A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
    - male monarch, Rex
     
  2. A competitor who holds a preeminent position
    - queen, world-beater
     
  3. A very wealthy or powerful businessman
    "an oil king";
    - baron, big businessman, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
     
  4. Preeminence in a particular category, group or field
    "the lion is the king of beasts"
     
  5. (draughts) a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
     
  6. One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
     
  7. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
Noun: King  king
  1. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
    - Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King
     
  2. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
    - B. B. King, Riley B King
     
  3. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
    - Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.

See also:
kinfolks
kingbird

Anagrams containing the word king

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