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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'King' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions King proper noun  An English and Scottish surname; a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household       king noun  A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation. Henry VIII was the of England from 1509 to 1547. (idiomatic) A powerful or influential person. Howard Stern styled himself as the " of all media". (chess) The principal playing piece in chess which moves only once square per move (except in castling), but in all eight directions, but cannot move into check (threat of attack). A playing card with the image of a king on it. Translations:  Dutch: heer(nl, koning, m}}, {{t+, nl)m French: roi(fr)m German: Kí¶nig(de)m Italian: re(it)m Spanish: rey(es)m verb  (transitive) In checkers: to stack a checker on an opponent's piece that has successfully traversed the board to the opposite side. The piece so marked can then move forwards or backwards. Translations:  Italian: fare dama Spanish: coronar(es) Etymology: Old English cyning, from Germanic kuningaz. Cognate with Dutch koning, German Kínig, Swedish konung.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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