king

Noun
  1. A male sovereign;
    Ruler of a kingdom (synset 110251212)
    is a type of: crowned head, monarch, sovereign - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
    subtypes:
    specific instances:
    • messiah - the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
    • ahab - according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC)
    • akhenaten, akhenaton, amenhotep iv, ikhanaton - early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)
    • alaric - king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410)
    • alfred, alfred the great - king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
    • artaxerxes, artaxerxes i - king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)
    • artaxerxes, artaxerxes ii - king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)
    • ashurbanipal, assurbanipal, asurbanipal - king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
    • athelstan - the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
    • attila, attila the hun, scourge of god, scourge of the gods - king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)
    • bruce, robert i, robert the bruce - king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
    • carl xvi gustaf, carl xvi gustav - king of Sweden since 1973 (born 1946)
    • clovis, clovis i - king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511)
    • croesus - last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)
    • cyrus ii, cyrus the elder, cyrus the great - king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
    • darius i, darius the great - king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)
    • darius iii - king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC)
    • david - (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)
    • edmund i - king of the English who succeeded Athelstan; he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946)
    • edmund ii, edmund ironside - king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)
    • edward the elder - king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)
    • edwin - king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
    • egbert - king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)
    • ethelbert - Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)
    • ethelred, ethelred i - king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
    • ethelred, ethelred ii, ethelred the unready - king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
    • fahd, fahd ibn abdel aziz al-saud - king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005)
    • faisal, faisal ibn abdel aziz al-saud - king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975)
    • farouk i, faruk i - king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965)
    • ferdinand i, ferdinand the great - king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
    • ferdinand, ferdinand of aragon, ferdinand the catholic, ferdinand v, king ferdinand - the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
    • frederick i - son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713)
    • frederick ii, frederick the great - king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)
    • frederick william i - son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740)
    • frederick william ii - king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797)
    • frederick william iii - king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840)
    • frederick william iv - king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865)
    • gaiseric, genseric - king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477)
    • gilgamesh - a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
    • gordius - legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot
    • gustavus, gustavus i - king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)
    • gustavus, gustavus adolphus, gustavus ii - king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
    • gustavus, gustavus iii - king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)
    • gustavus, gustavus iv - king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)
    • gustavus, gustavus v - king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)
    • gustavus, gustavus vi - the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)
    • hammurabi, hammurapi - Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
    • herod, herod the great - king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
    • ezekias, hezekiah - (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)
    • husain, husayn, hussein, ibn talal hussein, king hussein - king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)
    • james, james iv - a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
    • jeroboam, jeroboam i - (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC)
    • juan carlos, juan carlos victor maria de borbon y borbon - king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938)
    • kamehameha i, kamehameha the great - Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819)
    • leonidas - king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)
    • macbeth - king of Scotland (died in 1057)
    • mithridates, mithridates the great, mithridates vi - ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC)
    • nebuchadnezzar, nebuchadnezzar ii, nebuchadrezzar, nebuchadrezzar ii - (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
    • olaf ii, olav ii, saint olaf, saint olav, st. olaf, st. olav - King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030)
    • pepin, pepin iii, pepin the short - king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768)
    • philip ii, philip ii of spain - king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598)
    • philip ii, philip ii of macedon - king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)
    • philip augustus, philip ii - son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223)
    • philip v - king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece
    • philip of valois, philip vi - king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350)
    • ptolemy i - the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC)
    • ptolemy ii - son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC)
    • pyrrhus - king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
    • rameses, ramesses, ramses - any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC
    • saul - (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines)
    • sennacherib - king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)
    • solomon - (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)
    • lucius tarquinius superbus, tarquin, tarquin the proud, tarquinius, tarquinius superbus - according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
    • victor emanuel ii - king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878)
    • victor emanuel iii - king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister; he abdicated in 1946 and the monarchy was abolished (1869-1947)
    • xerxes i, xerxes the great - king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)
    belongs to: royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively
    same as: male monarch, rex
  2. A competitor who holds a preeminent position (synset 110254721)
    is a type of: challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival - the contestant you hope to defeat
    same as: queen, world-beater
  3. A very wealthy or powerful businessman (synset 109859605)
    "an oil baron"
    is a type of: businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
    subtypes: oil tycoon - a powerful person in the oil business
    same as: baron, big businessman, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
  4. Preeminence in a particular category or group or field (synset 114459136)
    "the lion is the king of beasts"
    is a type of: distinction, eminence, note, preeminence - high status importance owing to marked superiority
  5. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) (synset 111125453)
    is an instance of: tennis player - an athlete who plays tennis
    same as: billie jean king, billie jean moffitt king
  6. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) (synset 111125288)
    is an instance of:
    same as: b. b. king, riley b king
  7. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) (synset 111125044)
    is an instance of:
    same as: martin luther king, martin luther king jr.
  8. 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 (synset 103623548)
    referred to in: 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
    is a type of: checker, chequer - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
  9. One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king (synset 103623428)
    is a type of: court card, face card, picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
  10. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece (synset 103623310)
    referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
    is a type of: chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

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