Martin Definition–noun | any of several swallows having a deeply forked tail and long, pointed wings. |
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Luther Definition–noun
| 2. | a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “famous” and “army.” |
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King Definition–noun | 1. | a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) God or Christ. |
| 3. | a person or thing preeminent in its class: a king of actors. |
| 4. | a playing card bearing a picture of a king. |
| 5. | Chess. the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction. |
| 6. | Checkers. a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction. |
| 7. | Entomology. a fertile male termite. |
| 8. | a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter K. |
–verb (used with object) | 9. | to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown. |
| 10. | Informal. to design or make (a product) king-size: The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes. |
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—Verb phrase| 13. | king it, to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner: He kinged it over all the other kids on the block. |
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