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King Winter

King Winter proper noun: a personification of winter.

Proper noun

King Winter

  1. A personification of winter.
    • […] but here Midsummer and Winter were hand in hand—the icy throne of King Winter, and the green, flowery footstool of Queen Summer, being literally in contact!1852, William Hurton, A Voyage from Leith to Lapland: Or, Pictures of Scandinavia in 1850, page 261
    • Hard would it have been for the voyagers on the Pacific Ocean to realize that summer evening, as the stately ship glided swiftly and noiselessly over the waters, that old King Winter was then reigning in all his glory over the shores which they had quitted not two months before.1859, Marion E. Weir, Patience to Work and Patience to Wait, page 110

Origin of King Winter

Likely from Norwegian Kong Vinter

Questions about King Winter

What does King Winter mean?
King Winter means a personification of winter.
What part of speech is King Winter?
King Winter is a proper noun.

Words near King Winter in the dictionary

  1. King Wen sequence
  2. King William
  3. King William County
  4. King William pine
  5. King William pines
  6. King Winter
  7. King's
  8. King's Bench
  9. king's bishop's pawn
  10. king's bishop's pawns
  11. king's brief

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