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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.
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