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[ noun ] (politics) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Synonyms

male_monarch

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

Dr._H._V._Hilprecht , Professor of Assyrian at the University_of_Pennsylvania , dreamed that a Babylonian priest , associated with the king Kurigalzu , ( 1300 B.C. . ) escorted him to the treasure chamber of the temple of Bel , gave him six novel points of information about a certain broken relic , and corrected an error in its identification .

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

There were rumors that the Ministry_of_the_Interior favored an arbitrary , `` non-political '' process , which were indirectly affirmed when the King personally intervened in the planned meetings .

The day following his intervention the palace issued a statement reassuring the citizens that `` the possibility of introducing appeals concerning the establishment of electoral lists , lists of candidates and finally the holding of the consultation itself '' would be supported by the King himself .

In January , 1958 , the Minister_of_the_Interior announced that an election law was ready to be submitted to the King , the rumors of election dates appeared once_again , first for spring of 1958 and later for the summer .

They figured prominently in the Balafrej government of May , 1958 , which the King was reportedly determined to keep in office until elections could be held .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30
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[ noun ] (work,business) a very wealthy or powerful businessman

Examples

: "an oil baron"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

He was also at this time , although not so interwoven in high politics and the rackets as Torrio and Capone , the most powerful and most dangerous mob leader in the Chicago underworld , the roughneck king .

Related terms

businessman oil_tycoon

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[ noun ] (games) a competitor who holds a preeminent position

Synonyms

queen world-beater

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Kerr , who set the world_record earlier this month in New_York with a clocking of 1.09.3 , wiped_out Mills 's early pace and beat the young Big_10 quarter-mile king by 5 yards .

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rival

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[ noun ] (sport,tennis,games) United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

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tennis_player

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[ noun ] preeminence in a particular category or group or field

Examples

"the lion is the king of beasts"

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eminence

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[ noun ] (cards) one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

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face_card

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[ noun ] (games) 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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checker checkers

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[ noun ] (music,performing arts) United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

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singer guitarist

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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 1055
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity,politics) United States Baptist minister and charismatic civil rights leader who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
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[ noun ] (chess,games) weakest but most important chessman

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chessman chess

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