king
Because it is a word with a single syllable, king is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofking
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Example: "Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547."
- A powerful or majorly influential person.
Example: "Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media"."
- Something that has a preeminent position.
Example: "In times of financial panic, cash is king."
- A component of certain games.
- A king skin.
Example: "Oi mate, have you got kings?"
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A male person.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To rule over as king.
- To perform the duties of a king.
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- 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.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
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