king
king W1 /kɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cyning]
1. RULER a man who rules a country because he is from a royal family ⇨ queen
king of
Henry VIII, King of England
On 2 December Henry VI was crowned king (=made the king at an official ceremony).
2. THE BEST the king of something someone or something that people think is the most important or best of a particular type of person or thing:
the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
the king of Swiss cheeses
The lion is the king of the jungle.
3. SUCCESSFUL if you live like a king, feel like a king etc, you are very successful, happy, rich etc:
With her at my side, I felt like a king.
4. CHESS the most important piece in ↑chess
5. CARDS a playing card with a picture of a king on it
6. IMPORTANT be king if something is king at a particular time, it has a big influence on people:
back in the days when jazz was king
7. a king’s ransom a very large amount of money
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1 )
 verbs
▪ become king Prince Charles will become king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, dies.
▪ be crowned king (=be made king) He was crowned king upon the death of his father.
▪ depose a king formal (=remove a king from power) The Spanish king was deposed in 1931.
▪ a king rules/reigns (=is in charge of a country) How could a Christian king rule if he was banned from the Church?
▪ a king abdicates (=gives up the position of being king) It shocked the nation when the king abdicated.
adjectives
▪ the rightful king (=the person who should be king) The Duke of Gloucester claimed that he was the rightful king.
▪ the future king (=someone who will later be king) She married the future king of France, Philip Augustus.
phrases
▪ allegience/loyalty to a king (=being faithful to the king) They were fighting out of loyalty to their king.
▪ a king’s subjects (=the people he rules) The new laws were very unpopular with the king’s subjects.
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THESAURUS
▪ king the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family: George III was the king of England at that time. | King Harald V of Norway
▪ queen a woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family, or the wife of a king: She became queen when she was only 14 years old. | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
▪ monarch a king or queen: The bishops were appointed by the monarch.
▪ monarchy a country that is ruled by a king or queen, or this type of political system: Britain is a constitutional monarchy. | Some people want the monarchy to be abolished.
▪ prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state: Prince Rainier of Monaco | The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.
▪ ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people: the ruler of Babylonia | General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.
▪ emperor the ruler of an ↑empire (=group of countries): the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century | Emperor Hirohito
▪ sovereign formal a king or queen: It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries.
▪ regent someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child: Edward II left his friend Gaveston as regent.
▪ the crown formal the position of king or queen: Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown.
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