1. A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
   "The king signed the royal decree";
   - male monarch, Rex
    
2. A very wealthy or powerful businessperson
   "an oil king";
   - baron, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
    
3. Preeminence in a particular category, group or field
   "the lion is the king of beasts"
    
4. The husband or widower of a queen
   "As king, he ruled alongside his wife, the queen"
    
5. (draughts) 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
   "She crowned her checker, creating a king that could move in both directions"
    
6. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
   "He protected his king with a wall of pawns"
    
7. One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
   "She laid down the king of hearts"

1. Rule or act like a king
   "He kinged over his household with an iron fist"
    
2. Make a king
   "The ceremony kinged the prince, transforming him into the new monarch"

1. 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.
    
2. Influential American blues guitarist and singer (1925-2015)
   "B. B. King's guitar style influenced generations of musicians";
   - B. B. King, Riley B King
    
3. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
   - Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King

Derived forms: kinging, kinged, kings, Kings

Type of: adult male, bourgeois, bozo [N. Amer, informal], businessperson, cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], checker, chequer [Brit, Cdn], chess piece, chessman, civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, court card, crowned head, distinction, eminence, face card, female aristocrat, geezer [Brit, informal], guitar player, guitarist, guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, monarch, note, picture card, preeminence, reverend, singer, sod [informal], sovereign, tennis player, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer

Part of: royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty

Encyclopedia: King, Michelle