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nouna male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
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nouna very wealthy or powerful businessmantype of:
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nounUnited States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
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nounUnited States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
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nounUnited States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
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nouna checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
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noun(chess) the weakest but the most important piecetype of:
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nounone of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a kingtype of:
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"the lion is the king of beasts"nounpreeminence in a particular category or group or fieldtype of:
Definition that contains king
- george King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760)
- george King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952)
- george King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)
- george King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)
- george King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830)
- charles king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
- charles King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
- charles King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
- charles King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
- bruce king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)