| Agamemnon |
in Greek mythology, the Mycenaean king and commander in chief who led the attack against Troy. |
| Ahab |
in the Old Testament, a king of Israel and husband of Jezebel. [1/2 definitions] |
| Alexander the Great |
the king of Macedonia in 336-323 B.C. and conqueror of an empire that included Persia, Egypt, and part of Greece (356-323 B.C.). |
| American Standard Version |
an American revision of the King James Version of the Bible, taken primarily from the earlier Revised Version and published in 1901; American Revised Version. |
| Apollyon |
according to the Book of Revelation, a destroying angel who is the king of the evil spirits that will torture those who do not bear the seal of God when the earth is destroyed; Abaddon. |
| appanage |
a grant of land or revenue made by a king or queen to a dependent member of the royal family. [1/2 definitions] |
| Ariadne |
Cretan princess, daughter of King Minos, who gave Theseus the thread that enabled him to find his way out of the Labyrinth. |
| Arthur |
in legend, esp. as codified by Thomas Malory in the sixteenth-century Morte d'Arthur, the King of Britain and the leader of the Knights of the Round Table. |
| Atreus |
in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. |
| Attila |
the king of the Huns that invaded Europe in the fifth century (406?-453 A.D.). |
| Augean |
of or suggesting Augeas, a king in Greek mythology, or his stables, which had not been cleaned for thirty years until Hercules changed the course of a river so that it swept through them. [1/2 definitions] |
| Authorized Version |
the English translation of the Bible authorized by King James I and published in England in 1611; King James Bible. |
| Belshazzar |
according to the Old Testament, the last king of Babylon, killed by the invading Persians after being warned by a hand that wrote of his defeat on a wall. |
| castle |
in chess, to move (the king) two squares sideways and then move the rook to the first square passed over by the king. [2/6 definitions] |
| Cepheus |
in Greek mythology, the king who was Cassiopeia's husband and Andromeda's father. [1/2 definitions] |
| chancellor |
the secretary of an embassy or of a king or noble. [1/4 definitions] |
| Charlemagne |
a king of the Franks and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (742-814). |
| check |
in chess, the situation in which a king is at risk of being captured by an opponent's piece. [4/19 definitions] |
| checkmate |
in the game of chess, a winning maneuver in which the opponent's king piece is brought under direct attack and from which escape is not possible. [1/3 definitions] |
| chess1 |
a game of strategy for two people in which each player starts with a king and queen, two each of bishops, knights, and rooks, and eight pawns and in which the object is to trap the opponent's king. |
| chinook salmon |
a large salmon of the northern Pacific that has usu. reddish flesh; king salmon. |