Word Finder - king

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A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

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Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.

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A powerful or majorly influential person.

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Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".

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Something that has a preeminent position.

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In times of financial panic, cash is king.

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A component of certain games.

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A king skin.

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Oi mate, have you got kings?

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A male dragonfly; a drake.

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A king-sized bed.

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A male person.

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To crown king, to make (a person) king.

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To rule over as king.

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To perform the duties of a king.

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To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

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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.

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To dress and perform as a drag king.

A king is history's slave.

My king, I've given you the city, haven't I?

Henry became king of England.

In our histories, I'm king of the universe.

The king of Corinth was his friend.

In a short time they reached Corinth in safety, and the king sent an officer to bring the captain and his men to the palace.

Mr. Marsh was the undisputed king of the castle, but he obviously acknowledged his wife as the queen.

The king, for once, was puzzled.

The king had sent them there to make the people obey his unjust laws.

The king moved uneasily on his golden throne.

He was the king now in his own right.

And Alfred did grow up to become the wisest and noblest king that England ever had.

Not providing his brother a proper burial—the burial of a king!—had sickened him.

The possessed king snapped out of his thoughts and looked around.

Although his father was a king, Cyrus was brought up like the son of a common man.

Far away, at the other side of the field, King Richard saw his men falling back.

King Croesus was very intrigued by all these oracles around the world.

They killed the king and many other people.

She, on the other hand, was living a Stephen King novel in the clutches of a mass murderer.

The king looked, and saw that his soldiers were beaten, and that the battle was everywhere going against him.

Did you ever hear of King Charles the Twelfth, of Sweden?

They were so astonished that they fell upon their knees before the king and confessed their crime.

The king went back to the room on tiptoe.

Darian felt the magic of the world bombard him, both welcoming home the man that had been its king and trying to figure out what he now was.

I give water from the Springs to every king my father wronged.

The delegates found the king at Jedburgh, and the mission, which was a dangerous one, was successfully accomplished.

He is the well-known Prince Bolkonski who had to retire from the army under the late Emperor, and was nicknamed 'the King of Prussia.'

He's king of the double standard.

Be faithful to the king and do your duty._

Even the younger Guardians referred to him by the ancient title that meant my king.

I guess he was 'high profile'— king of the clan or some nonsense like that.

You're not his daughter and he the king?

There were several hundred men and women in the makeshift arena, with the king's party of advisors and servants sitting within the ring against one wall.

Taran dumped her before the king's party, and she pushed herself up.

To have me, all of me, you must be the king.

He was named as one of the counsellors to assist the queen, but, fearing to incur the king's displeasure and using his favourite phrase ira principis mors est, he gave her very little help; and he signed the letter to Clement VII.

He did not abandon his hopes of the throne, and, in 1298, was chosen German king by some of the princes, who were dissatisfied with Adolph.

While the council was engaged in planning a crusade and in considering the reform of the clergy, a new crisis occurred between the pope and the king of France.

The malcontent nobles met at Zelena Hora (Griineberg) on the 28th of November 1465, and concluded an alliance against the king, bringing forward many - mostly untrue - accusations against him.

Shortly afterwards another convention was held at Edinburgh, and it was resolved that the delegates sent to Jedburgh should again meet the king at Linlithgow and repeat their former instructions.

These interviews took place in October 15 93, and on the 29th of the following January Napier wrote to the king the letter which forms the dedication of the Plaine Discovery.

Edinburgh, printed by Robert Walde-grave, printer to the King's Majestie, 1 593.

The duties were to be performed by the possessor or his deputy; and the king was entitled to demand the yearly homage of a present of poultry from the feudal holder.

His letter to the king prefixed to the Flamm Discovery is signed "John Napeir."

On his death in 1802 the duchies were incorporated with the French republic and his son Louis became "king of Etruria."

With 15,000 mercenaries, whom he had to train into Roman discipline, he took Carthage, defeated Gelimer the Vandal king, and carried him captive, in 534, to grace the first triumph witnessed in Constantinople.

Next year he was sent to check the Persian king Chosroes (Anushirvan); but, thwarted by the turbulence of his troops, he achieved no decisive result.

He became (1756-1759) the leading spirit of Nicolai's important literary undertakings, the Bibliothek and the Literaturbriefe, and ran some risk (which Frederick's good nature obviated) by somewhat freely criticizing the poems of the king of Prussia.

In October 1763 the king granted Mendelssohn the privilege of Protected Jew (Schutz-Jude)- which assured his right to undisturbed residence in Berlin.

Holdich, the award was rendered by King Edward VII.