king vs princess

king

noun
  • The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex. 

  • Something that has a preeminent position. 

  • The central pin or skittle in bowling games. 

  • A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit. 

  • A male dragonfly; a drake. 

  • A king skin. 

  • A powerful or majorly influential person. 

  • A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. 

  • The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top. 

  • A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement. 

  • A king-sized bed. 

  • A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2. 

verb
  • To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over. 

  • To rule over as king. 

  • To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards. 

  • To crown king, to make (a person) king. 

  • To perform the duties of a king. 

  • To dress and perform as a drag king. 

princess

noun
  • The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. 

  • A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna. 

  • A tinted crystal marble used in children's games. 

  • A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. 

  • A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack). 

  • A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. 

  • A female lemur. 

  • A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat. 

  • A young girl; used as a term of endearment. 

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