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King [Reyes, Regal, Malak, Rex]


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The white and black kings (chess)

王將

A king piece in shogi. Sometimes just 王.

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From Old English cyning, from Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Dutch koning, German König, Swedish kung/konung, Slavic *kъnędzь.

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king (plural kings)

  1. A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme rulerof his nation.
    Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.

 

  1. A powerful or influentialperson.
    Howard Stern styled himself as the “king of all media”.

 

  1. (chess) The principal playing piece in chess or variations of chess.

 

  1. A playing card with the image of a king on it.

 

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[hide ▲]a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation
  • Tibetan: please add this translation if you can