King Definition
The title of a king.
To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- the three learned men from the East who came bearing gifts to the infant Jesus (Matt. 2:1-13)
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to King
- the Three Kings
Origin of King
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From Middle English king, kyng, from Old English cyng, cyning (“king”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, *kunungaz (“king”), equivalent to kin + -ing. Cognate with Scots king (“king”), North Frisian köning (“king”), West Frisian kening (“king”), Dutch koning (“king”), Low German Koning, Köning (“king”), German König (“king”), Danish konge (“king”), Swedish konung, kung (“king”), Icelandic konungur, kóngur (“king”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English cyning genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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