king penguin
- n large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
king
- n a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- n a competitor who holds a preeminent position
- n a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- n preeminence in a particular category or group or field
the lion is the king of beasts - n United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
- n United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
- n United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
- n 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
- n one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- n (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
king's counsel
- n Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
king's english
- n English as spoken by educated persons in southern England
king's evil
- n a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
king arthur
- n a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
king arthur's round table
- n (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights