Definition of "King"

King

/kɪŋ/

noun
plural Kings
1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.
2. The title of a king.
  Quotations
  As we climbed the Marykirk Bank Ogilvie spoke of the passes leading over to Deeside, and of the Royal deer forests around Balmoral; then, with mingled pride and modesty, he added, "I've driven the King seven times."
  1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8
  One, a grant by Archbishop Wulfred to that community, is datable to 825x32; while the other two (both copies of the same document) record an agreement between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Egbert and Æthelwulf which was enacted in 838.
  2001, Richard Gameson, editor, The Codex Aureus: An Eighth-Century Gospel Book, Rosenkilde and Bagger, page 76
proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Kings
1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
2. (UK, rail transport) King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on the GWR.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
  2. A city in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.
  3. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
  4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
  6. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
  7. A census-designated place in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
4. A township in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
5. A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.