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King, Billie Jean Moffitt Born 1943.

American tennis player who won 20 titles at Wimbledon (6 singles, 10 women's doubles, and 4 mixed doubles) and 4 U.S. Open championships (1967, 1971, 1972, and 1974).

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King, Coretta Scott Born 1927.

American civil rights leader noted for her work on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Foundation after the assassination of her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968).

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1929-1968.

American cleric whose eloquence and commitment to nonviolent tactics formed the foundation of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Among the many peaceful demonstrations he led was the 1963 March on Washington, at which he delivered his "I have a dream" speech. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, four years before he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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King, Maxine Known as "Micki." Born 1944.

American diver who dominated women's diving in the 1960s. She was injured while competing in the 1968 Olympics but won one Olympic gold medal in 1972.

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King, Richard 1825-1885.

American steamboat captain and rancher whose 600,000-acre ranch in Texas was the largest in the United States.

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King, Rufus 1755-1827.

American politician and diplomat. A member of the Continental Congress (1784-1787) and the Constitutional Convention (1787), he served as ambassador to Great Britain (1796-1803 and 1825-1826).

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king  (kng)

n.

1. A male sovereign.

2. One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere.

3. King

a. The perfect, omniscient, omnipotent being; God.

b. Christianity Jesus.

4. Games

a. Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.

b. Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.

c. A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward.

5. Kings (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. K or Kgs. See Table at Bible.

adj.

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.

tr.v. kinged, king·ing, kings Games

To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.

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[Middle English, from Old English cyning; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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king

Noun

1. a male ruler of a country who has inherited the throne from his parents

2. a ruler or chief: the king of the fairies

3. a person, animal, or thing considered as the best or most important of its kind: the king of rock and roll

4. a playing card with a picture of a king on it

5. a chessman, able to move one square in any direction: the object of the game is to checkmate one's opponent's king

6. Draughts a piece which has moved entirely across the board and been crowned and which may therefore move backwards as well as forwards [Old English cyning]

kingship n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	king - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom male monarch, Rex royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" King of England, King of Great Britain - the sovereign ruler of England King of France - the sovereign ruler of France King of the Germans - the sovereign ruler of the Germans crowned head, monarch, sovereign - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right female monarch, queen regnant, queen - a female sovereign ruler
	2.	king - a competitor who holds a preeminent position world-beater, queen challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
	3.	king - a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" big businessman, business leader, magnate, top executive, tycoon, baron, mogul, power businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) oil tycoon - a powerful person in the oil business
	4.	king - preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts" eminence, preeminence, distinction, note - high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
	5.	King - United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King
	6.	King - United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) B. B. King, Riley B King
	7.	King - United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.
	8.	king - 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 checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces chequer, checker - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
	9.	king - one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king court card, face card, picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
	10.	king - (chess) the weakest but the most important piece chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

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king

noun ruler, monarch, sovereign, crowned head, leader, lord, prince, Crown, emperor, majesty, head of state, consort, His Majesty, overlord >> adjectives royal, regal, monarchical

Translations

king [kɪŋ] n → rey m

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king [kɪŋ] n → roi m

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king [kɪŋ] n (also fig) → König m

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king [kɪŋ] n → re m inv