King

noun

1. 1

   radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.

2. 2

   The title of a king.

   As we climbed the Marykirk Bank Ogilvie spoke of the passes leading over to Deeside, and of the Royal deer forests around Balmoral; then, with mingled pride and modesty, he added, "I've driven the King seven times."

   One, a grant by Archbishop Wulfred to that community, is datable to 825x32; while the other two (both copies of the same document) record an agreement between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Egbert and Æthelwulf which was enacted in 838.

3. 3

   A King pigeon.

proper noun

1. 1

   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.

   The Russians clinched the victory when Vera Zvonareva rallied to defeat Vania King, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the first reverse singles match, giving her team a 3-0 lead. […] After Russia went ahead, 3-0, Ahsha Rolle defeated Elena Vesnina, 6-3, 6-4, then King paired with Liezel Huber to beat Vesnina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7-6 (3), 6-4, in the doubles.

   So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”

2. 2

   King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on the GWR which were all named after kings.

3. 3

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.

4. 4

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.

5. 5

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.

6. 6

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.

7. 7

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

8. 8

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.

9. 9

   A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

10. 10

    A placename: A township in the Regional Muncipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

11. 11

    A placename: A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Forms

plural

Kings