king

v. make king, crown as king; rule as king, reign as king; act like a king; make a game piece into a king (Checkers)

n. male monarch, male head of a monarchy; someone or something that is the best in a group (or category, etc.); gamepiece in chess or checkers; playing card with the image of a king

n. family name; Martin Luther King (1929-1968), American Baptist minister, one of the leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, Nobel prize winner

A king is a male monarch, or a head of state (see Germanic king for the origins of the word "king" and for the traditional kings of Germanic countries).King may also refer to: King (playing card), a face cardKing (chess), a chess pieceKing (crater), a lunar impact craterKing (magazine), a men's magazine for Black AmericansUSS King (DD-242), a World War II destroyerKing Features Syndicate, a comic syndication companyKing Records, a Japanese record labelKing Records (USA), a American record labelKing Worldwide, a New Zealand record labelKing is a variation of trick-taking card game Barbu
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A monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. Monarchs almost always inherit their titles and are rulers for life; that is, they have no term limit. Historically monarchs have been more or less absolute rulers. Modern monarchs are often figureheads who either have power, but do not exercise it personally or, have little power (Constitutional Monarchy, i.e Australia). However, there are others with substantial or absolute power. Monarchs usually represent a larger monarchical system which has established rules and customs regarding succession, duties, and powers. A nation ruled by a monarch is called a monarchy.
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Noun
1. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
(synonym) Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King
(hypernym) tennis player
2. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
(synonym) B. B. King, Riley B King
(hypernym) singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
3. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
(synonym) Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.
(hypernym) clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth

Noun
1. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
(synonym) male monarch
(antonym) queen, queen regnant, female monarch
(hypernym) sovereign, crowned head, monarch
(hyponym) Messiah
(member-holonym) royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house
2. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
(synonym) queen, world-beater
(hypernym) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
3. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
(synonym) baron, big businessman, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
(hypernym) businessman, man of affairs
(hyponym) oil tycoon
4. preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts"
(hypernym) eminence, distinction, preeminence, note
5. a 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
(hypernym) checker
(classification) checkers, draughts
6. one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
(hypernym) face card, picture card, court card
7. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
(hypernym) chessman, chess piece
(classification) chess, chess game

n. King, Martin Luther King (1929-68), American Baptist minister, one of the leaders in the civil rights movement in the United States, Nobel prize winner

n. King, family name; Martin Luther King (1929-68), American Baptist minister, one of the leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, Nobel prize winner