Empress vs. King
Empressnoun
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
Kingnoun
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
‘Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.’;
Empressnoun
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
Kingnoun
A powerful or majorly influential person.
Empressnoun
(tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
Kingnoun
Something that has a preeminent position.
‘In times of financial panic, cash is king.’;
Empressnoun
(rare) A female chimpanzee.
Kingnoun
A component of certain games.
Empressnoun
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
Kingnoun
(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
Empressverb
alternative form of impress
Kingnoun
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
Empressnoun
The consort of an emperor.
Kingnoun
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
Empressnoun
A female sovereign.
Kingnoun
A king skin.
‘Oi mate, have you got kings?’;
Empressnoun
A sovereign mistress.
Kingnoun
A male dragonfly; a drake.
Empressnoun
a woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor
Kingnoun
A king-sized bed.
Kingverb
To crown king, to make (a person) king.
Kingverb
To rule over as king.
Kingverb
To perform the duties of a king.
Kingverb
To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
Kingverb
To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
Kingverb
To dress and perform as a drag king.
Kingnoun
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.
Kingnoun
A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.
‘Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.’; ‘There was a State without king or nobles.’; ‘But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,Rejoicing in the east’;
Kingnoun
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.
Kingnoun
A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.
Kingnoun
The chief piece in the game of chess.
Kingnoun
A crowned man in the game of draughts.
Kingnoun
The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
Kingverb
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
‘Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead.’;
Kingnoun
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
Kingnoun
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
Kingnoun
a very wealthy or powerful businessman;
‘an oil baron’;
Kingnoun
preeminence in a particular category or group or field;
‘the lion is the king of beasts’;
Kingnoun
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
Kingnoun
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
Kingnoun
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
Kingnoun
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
Kingnoun
one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
Kingnoun
(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
King
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
