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king
verbs
become king
• Prince Charles will become king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, dies.
be crowned king
(= be made king )
• He was crowned king upon the death of his father.
depose a king
formal (= remove a king from power )
• The Spanish king was deposed in 1931.
a king rules/reigns
(= is in charge of a country )
• How could a Christian king rule if he was banned from the Church?
a king abdicates
(= gives up the position of being king )
• It shocked the nation when the king abdicated.
adjectives
the rightful king
(= the person who should be king )
• The Duke of Gloucester claimed that he was the rightful king.
the future king
(= someone who will later be king )
• She married the future king of France, Philip Augustus.
phrases
allegience/loyalty to a king
(= being faithful to the king )
• They were fighting out of loyalty to their king.
a king’s subjects
(= the people he rules )
• The new laws were very unpopular with the king’s subjects.
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noun
monarch:
George was the King of England.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idiom beginning with KING, Also see LIVE LIKE A KING.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun male ruler ADJ. rightful | anointed, crowned | uncrowned (figurative) He became the uncrowned king of the East End, scoring 28 goals in his first season. | deposed, exiled VERB + KING become | crown (sb), make sb, proclaim sb He was crowned king at the age of fifteen. The new king was crowned immediately. | depose, put aside KING + VERB reign, rule, rule (over) sb/sth The kings of Sicily also ruled over the southern part of Italy. | abdicate the king's decision to abdicate PREP. under a/the ~ Life under the new king was very different. | ~ of the King of Spain playing cardCARD
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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king
the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family:
• George III was the king of England at that time. • King Harald V of Norway
queen
a woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family, or the wife of a king:
• She became queen when she was only 14 years old. • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
monarch
a king or queen:
• The bishops were appointed by the monarch.
monarchy
a country that is ruled by a king or queen, or this type of political system:
• Britain is a constitutional monarchy. • Some people want the monarchy to be abolished.
prince
the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state:
• Prince Rainier of Monaco • The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.
ruler
someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people:
• the ruler of Babylonia • General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.
emperor
the ruler of an empire (= group of countries ):
• the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century • Emperor Hirohito
sovereign
formal a king or queen:
• It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries.
regent
someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child:
• Edward II left his friend Gaveston as regent.
the crown
formal the position of king or queen:
• Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown.
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