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noun
verb
- To perform the duties of a king.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To rule over as king.
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To dress and perform as a drag 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.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (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.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- 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.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- 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
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
noun
name
- An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
- A township in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
- (UK, rail transport) King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on the GWR.
- A city in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.
- A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
- A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
- An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
noun
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
- A completion or culmination of something.
- (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.
noun
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
- (Spanish politics) The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.
- (specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
- That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
- The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
noun
- The crown of a monarch.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
adj
noun
- (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
- (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
verb
- put a monarch on the throne
- provide with power and authority
- (transitive) to exalt, to praise
- (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
- (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
noun
- A royalty.
- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
verb
- (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
- (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
- (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
- (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
- prevail over
- counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- rule against
- ride (a horse) too hard
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
noun
- A crown imperial.
- (historical) A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
- A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
- A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- (historical) An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
- (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
- a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
- a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
adj
- (in particular, of alcohol) Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- Very grand or fine.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
- relating to or associated with an empire
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
noun
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- Ellipsis of sovereign citizen.
- (UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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verb
noun
- A palace of a sultan.
- A brothel or place of debauchery.
- An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.
- The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
- The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
- (by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
name
- The Palace of Westminster
- A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).
- A village in the Free State province, South Africa, founded by the Duke of Westminster.
- A city in Oconee County, South Carolina.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- An English dukedom.
- A ghost town in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
- A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
- The abbey of Westminster.
- An unincorporated community in Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio.
- A neighbourhood in central London; the administrative centre of the borough of Westminster.
- The City of Westminster: a London borough of Greater London including the principal offices of the British government.
- A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.
- A city in Orange County, California.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly a city in Collin County, Texas.
- (colloquial, metonymic) The British parliament, based at the Palace of Westminster.
- A neighbourhood, formerly a town, now within the City of London, Ontario.
- A town and village in Windham County, Vermont.
- A city in Adams County and Jefferson County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland.
noun
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
- (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.
- (historical) A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.
- Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
adj
- Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
- Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
- (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
- Synonym of palatial.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- of or relating to a palace
- of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
noun
- A grand duke.
- A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
- The sovereign of a small state.
- The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
- (slang, usually in the plural) A fist.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.
- a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
- a British peer of the highest rank
verb
name
- A royal dukedom.
- A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
- Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
- A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
- A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Waikato, New Zealand.
- A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
- A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
- A city in Washington County, Idaho, United States.
- A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia.
- A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
- A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
name
- A royal dukedom.
- A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
- An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
- A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
- The capital city of Scotland.
- A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
name
- A royal dukedom.
- A census-designated place in North Carolina.
- A town in New South Wales, Australia.
- A cathedral city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
- A township in Camden County, New Jersey.
- A city in Massachusetts.
- A district and former municipality in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
noun
name
- A royal dukedom.
- A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
- A town in Putnam County, New York.
- A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
- A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
- A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
- A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
- A city in Portage County, Ohio.
- A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
- A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
- A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
- An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
- The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
- A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
- A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
- An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
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name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
name
noun
- a country with a king as head of state
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a domain in which something is dominant
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
adj
- being of the rank of a monarch
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
noun
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
noun
- The male ruler of a barony.
- A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
- (by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
- A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
- (UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as tobacco.
- a British peer of the lowest rank
- a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
- The period during which a monarch rules.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
noun
name
noun
- the position and authority of a feudal lord
- the estate of a seigneur
- The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
- (law) The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
- (historical) The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
- The estate of a feudal lord.
noun
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
name
noun
- The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
- (figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.
- The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
- (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (authorship) To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.
- (Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.
- (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
- royal persons collectively
name
- The Buckingham Palace.
- A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Buckingham County, Virginia.
- A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place name.
- A census-designated place in Florida.
- A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
- An unincorporated community in Colorado, named after a railroad official.
- A dukedom in the English peerage.
- A village in Illinois.
- A former city in Texas, now part of Richardson, Texas.
- A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Iowa, named after Buckingham County, VA.
noun
noun
- The warden of a castle.
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
noun
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of remote control.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
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noun
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- the male ruler of an empire
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
- red table grape of California
noun
noun
name
- An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
- A township in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
- (UK, rail transport) King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on the GWR.
- A city in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.
- A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
- A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
- An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
noun
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
- A completion or culmination of something.
- (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.
noun
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
- (Spanish politics) The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.
- (specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
- That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
- The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
noun
- The crown of a monarch.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
noun
- A royalty.
- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
verb
- (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
- (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
- (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
- (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
- prevail over
- counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- rule against
- ride (a horse) too hard
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
noun
- A crown imperial.
- (historical) A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
- A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
- A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- (historical) An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
- (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
- a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
- a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
adj
- (in particular, of alcohol) Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- Very grand or fine.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
- relating to or associated with an empire
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
noun
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- Ellipsis of sovereign citizen.
- (UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
adj
verb
noun
- A palace of a sultan.
- A brothel or place of debauchery.
- An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.
- The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
- The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
- (by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
noun
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
- (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.
- (historical) A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.
- Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
adj
- Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
- Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
- (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
- Synonym of palatial.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- of or relating to a palace
- of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
noun
- A grand duke.
- A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
- The sovereign of a small state.
- The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
- (slang, usually in the plural) A fist.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.
- a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
- a British peer of the highest rank
verb
verb
- To perform the duties of a king.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To rule over as king.
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To dress and perform as a drag 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.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (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.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- 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.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- 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
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
noun
name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
noun
- a country with a king as head of state
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a domain in which something is dominant
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
noun
- The male ruler of a barony.
- A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
- (by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
- A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
- (UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as tobacco.
- a British peer of the lowest rank
- a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
- The period during which a monarch rules.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
noun
name
noun
- the position and authority of a feudal lord
- the estate of a seigneur
- The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
- (law) The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
- (historical) The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
- The estate of a feudal lord.
noun
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
noun
- The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
- (figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.
- The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
- (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (authorship) To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.
- (Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.
- (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
- royal persons collectively
noun
noun
- The warden of a castle.
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
noun
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of remote control.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
adj
name
verb
noun
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- the male ruler of an empire
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
- red table grape of California
verb
- To perform the duties of a king.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To rule over as king.
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To dress and perform as a drag 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.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (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.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- 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.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- 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
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
verb
- put a monarch on the throne
- provide with power and authority
- (transitive) to exalt, to praise
- (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
- (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
adj
noun
- (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
- (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
adj
- being of the rank of a monarch
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
noun
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.