king
king Lexical Profile
king Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.
"The king signed the historic treaty in the presence of his royal council."
A person or thing regarded as the finest, most important, or most dominant in a particular sphere or group.
"During the mid-twentieth century, he was widely considered the undisputed king of jazz."
The most important chess piece, which the opponent must checkmate to win, able to move one square in any direction.
"She moved her bishop across the board to place her opponent's king in check."
A playing card bearing a representation of a crowned male monarch, normally ranking next below an ace and above a queen.
"He won the final hand of the game by playing the king of spades."
• adjective
Denoting the largest or most prominent variety, size, or rank of a particular thing or species (used before a noun).
"The hotel upgraded our reservation to a spacious room with a king bed."
• verb
To promote a checker piece that has reached the opponent's back row by placing a second piece on top of it, allowing it to move both forward and backward.
"Once my piece reached the far side of the board, I asked my grandfather to king me."
To make someone a monarch, or to act and rule as a monarch.
"The noblemen gathered at the cathedral to king the young prince after his father's passing."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English cyning, derived from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, meaning 'ruler' or 'descendant of noble birth', related to cynn ('family, race, kin').