King
A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.
A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.
One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.
The chief piece in the game of chess.
A crowned man in the game of draughts.
The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
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King Quotations
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Denis Diderot
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.
Mitch Hedberg
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Saint Augustine
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
Helen Keller
The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people.
Joseph Brant
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
Chanakya
Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
George Eliot
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
Andrew Jackson
King Translations
king in Afrikaans is dam, koning
king in Danish is dame
king in Dutch is dam, lady, jonkvrouw, vrouw
king in Finnish is kuningas
king in French is dame, roi
king in Latin is rex regis
king in Norwegian is konge
king in Portuguese is rei
king in Spanish is rey
king in Swedish is konung, kung
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