Definition of King

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Definition of King

King

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.

The chief piece in the game of chess.

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.

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King Quotations

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
Helen Keller

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.
Mitch Hedberg

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
Abraham Maslow

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Saint Augustine

Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
Marcus Garvey

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.
Rush Limbaugh

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!
Dwight L. Moody

Authority forgets a dying king.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

By blood a king, in heart a clown.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

King Translations

king in Afrikaans is dam, koning
king in Danish is dame
king in Dutch is dam, lady, jonkvrouw, vrouw
king in Finnish is kuningas
king in French is dame, roi
king in Latin is rex regis
king in Norwegian is konge
king in Portuguese is rei
king in Spanish is rey
king in Swedish is konung, kung

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