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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.
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Tsar

Tsar ( or ), also spelled czar, tzar, or csar, is a title used to designate East and South Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers of Eastern Europe, originally the Bulgarian monarchs from 10th century onwards, much later a title for two rulers of the Serbian Empire, and from 1547 the supreme ruler of the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire. In this last capacity it lends its name to a system of government, tsarist autocracy or tsarism.
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King

A male sovereign.
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Tsar

An emperor of Russia before 1917
Tsar Nicholas II
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King

One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere
"In many countries, soccer is the king of sports" (Cameron W. Barr).
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Tsar

A person appointed by government to advise on and coordinate policy in a particular area
The former British drugs czar
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King

A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event
A homecoming king.
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Tsar

Variant of czar. See Usage Note at czar.
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King

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

(historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
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King

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

(figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
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King

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.
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Tsar

The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.
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King

Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.
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Tsar

A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
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King

A king-size bed.
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King

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.
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King

Of or relating to a king-size bed
King sheets.
A king bed skirt.
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King

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

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
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King

A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
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King

Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.
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King

A component of certain games.
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King

(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.
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King

(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
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King

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.
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King

The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
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King

A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?
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King

A male dragonfly; a drake.
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King

A king-sized bed.
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King

The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
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King

(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
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King

To crown king, to make (a person) king.
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King

To rule over as king.
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King

To perform the duties of a king.
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King

To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
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King

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.
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King

To dress and perform as a drag king.
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King

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.
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King

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
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King

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.
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King

A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.
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King

The chief piece in the game of chess.
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King

A crowned man in the game of draughts.
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King

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
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King

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.
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King

A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
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King

A competitor who holds a preeminent position
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King

A very wealthy or powerful businessman;
An oil baron
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King

Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;
The lion is the king of beasts
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King

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
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King

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
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King

United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
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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
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King

One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
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King

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
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