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King — definition, etymology, and first known use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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resolvedsupportsestablished
Do the chess, card, and supremacy senses reveal the original meaning of king?
No. The inherited ruler title is older; the game-piece and preeminence senses are semantic extensions documented in the modern entry.
Modern senses and etymologySeparates later semantic branches from the inherited monarch title.
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EDGE 1044supportsestablished
king → king / kyng
Present-Day English → Middle English · historical continuation
- SOUND
- The Middle English spelling king survives into Present-Day English; later phonetic and orthographic standardization is not compressed into one unsupported sound law.
- MEANING
- The monarch sense continues while preeminence, chess, card, checkers, and verbal extensions accumulate.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · Middle English Dictionary Editors
King: senses, etymology, and first-known-use sectionDocuments the inherited headword, modern senses, and before-twelfth-century written horizon.
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kingSOURCE-REPORTED
king
Merriam-Webster first-known-use record for king
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Global English
Documents the modern semantic range and inherited English history.
King senses and Word History · global070
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