• (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
• one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a King
• 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
• a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
• a male sovereign; ruler of a Kingdom
• a competitor who holds a preeminent position
• United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
• United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
• United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
• preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the King of beasts"

'King' in other languages