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| + | [[Image:Les Poires.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''[[Les Poires]]'', caricature of [[Louis Philippe I]]]] | ||
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| + | "May the last [[king]] be [[Strangling|strangle]]d in the [[bowels]] of the last [[priest]]" --Denis Diderot [[may the last king be strangled in the bowels of the last priest|[...]]] | ||
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| + | [[The king is dead, long live the king!]] | ||
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| - | # A [[male]] [[monarch]]; member of a royal family who is the supreme [[ruler]] of his nation. | + | A '''king''' is a [[male]] [[monarch]]; member of a royal family who is the supreme [[ruler]] of his nation. It can also refer to a [[powerful]] or [[influential]] person. |
| - | #: ''Henry VIII was the '''king''' of England from 1509 to 1547.'' | + | |
| - | # A [[powerful]] or [[influential]] person. | + | |
| - | #: ''Howard Stern styled himself as the "'''king''' of all media".'' | + | |
| - | # The principal playing piece in [[chess]] which moves only once square per move (except in [[castling]]), but in all eight directions, but cannot move into [[check]] (threat of attack). | + | |
| - | # A [[playing card]] with the image of a king on it. | + | |
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| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | + | *[[The Man Who Would Be King]] | |
| + | *[[Divine right of kings]] | ||
| + | *[[Regicide]] | ||
| + | *[[Execution of Louis XVI]] | ||
| *[[Queen]] | *[[Queen]] | ||
| *[[King Kong]] | *[[King Kong]] | ||
| + | *[[Every Man a King (song)]] | ||
| + | *[[List of mentally ill monarchs]] | ||
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A king is a male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation. It can also refer to a powerful or influential person.
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See also
- The Man Who Would Be King
- Divine right of kings
- Regicide
- Execution of Louis XVI
- Queen
- King Kong
- Every Man a King (song)
- List of mentally ill monarchs
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