King of England
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3.2
- noun
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Rey de Inglaterra
- The King of England, Ireland, defender of the faith.
- the next King of England
- the future King of England
The notion of, of any black person playing the King of England was so impossible.
- The notion of, of any black person playing the King of England was so impossible.
- And I think that might be why I love Shakespeare so much, particularly the histories, because I will never be king of England.
- Like, yeah, Like it was an amazing talk because you're not seeing her as Princess Diana and you're not seeing him as the future king of England.
- It says I may be king of England, but I still love that song that goes come my lady, come, come my lady, you're my butterfly sugar baby.
- Apparently she was some German Princess who married King George, the man King George, who was king of England when America became independent.
- For example, with King's Speech, it's not just a guy who stutters and hires a speech therapist is the king of England.
Examples
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I was Robin of Loxley, a Crusader under the flag of the King of England.
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The desk where King Edward delivered his final speech as King of England.
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And for the future King of England.
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This is the King of England!
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The King of England was French.
Academic text (1995) -
Somehow, some way, the King of England was here.
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I saw the King of England riding by.
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Here lies the body of Richard III, sometime King of England.
Blog text (28) -
His Majesty, my cousin, the King of England, strongly suggests we do nothing.
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Yesterday, I met the King of England at a charity event.
Synonyms
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1.0
A man who rules a country and usually gets the job from his family
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5.1
A king or queen who rules a country and usually gets the job by birth
A man who rules a country as its king
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'king' (a male sovereign) combined with the possessive/relational preposition 'of' and the proper noun 'England' yields 'the male sovereign of England.' This noun + of + place pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily understand it.
Etymology
King of England comes from the simple picture of one man, the king, ruling the land called England. People imagined him wearing a crown and speaking for the whole country, so today King of England means 'the male ruler of England'.