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kings

/kɪŋz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
  2. A powerful or majorly influential person.
  3. Something that has a preeminent position.
  4. A component of certain games.
  5. A king skin.
  6. A male dragonfly; a drake.
  7. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
  8. To rule over as king.
  9. To perform the duties of a king.
  10. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
  11. 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.
  12. To dress and perform as a drag king.
  13. A drinking game that uses playing cards.
  14. A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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