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king/queen
see also GOVERNMENT
- a man who rules a country (usually the son of the previous ruler): king
- a woman who rules a country (usually the daughter of the previous ruler); the wife of a king: queen
Queen Victoria
- another name for a king or queen: monarch
- a man who rules an empire (a group of countries that is governed by one country): emperor
- a woman who rules an empire; the wife of an emperor: empress
- a man who rules a small country; the son of a king or queen: prince
- a daughter of a king or queen; the wife of a prince: princess
- a series of rulers who are from the same family: dynasty, the House of ※¦
the Ming dynasty ◎ the House of Windsor
- concerned with a king, a queen or a member of their family: royal
the royal family ◎ a royal visit
- members of the family of the king or queen: royalty (noun U)
I don't think people these days are much impressed by royalty.
- the title that you use when you talk about or to a king or queen: Majesty
The Mayor was presented to Her Majesty the Queen.
- the title that you use when you talk about or to a member of a royal family: Highness
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
- the position of being king or queen: the throne
The Queen came to the throne in 1952.
- a large house that is or was the home of a king or queen: palace
Buckingham Palace
- the official home of a king or queen: the Court (noun U)
the Court of Queen Anne
- the ring of gold and jewels that a king or queen wears on their head: crown
- to put a crown on the head of a new king or queen in an official ceremony: crown sb
The queen was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- the ceremony in which a king or queen is crowned: coronation
- a special chair that a king, queen, etc sits on during ceremonies: throne
※ government with a king or queen
- a country that is ruled by a king or queen: kingdom
the United Kingdom
- a country that is ruled by a prince: principality
the Principality of Monaco
- the system of government by a king or queen: monarchy (noun U)
- a country that is ruled by a king or queen: monarchy
How many monarchies are left in Europe?
- the state as represented by a king or queen: the Crown
This land belongs to the Crown.
- a person who supports a monarchical system of government: monarchist, royalist
- to rule a country as a king or queen: reign (over sb/sth)
Queen Victoria reigned for more than sixty years.
- a period of time that sb reigns: reign
during the reign of George V
- the right to become king, etc after sb else: succession (noun U)
Prince William is second in succession to the throne.
- to become king, etc after sb else: succeed (sb)
Who will succeed the present Queen?
- to give up being a king or queen: abdicate; noun: abdication
Edward VIII abdicated in favour of his brother.
- to remove a ruler from power: depose sb
The king was deposed after the revolution.
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