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kingcraft

kingcraft noun: the skills needed to rule effectively as a king.

Noun

kingcraft (usually uncountable, plural kingcrafts)

  1. (usually) The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
    • As he grew, he sat in the council of state, learning kingcraft, and showed there the hard-headed sense of fairness and justice that went with him through life.1921, Jacob A. Riis, Hero Tales of the Far North

Forms of kingcraft

pluralkingcrafts

Origin of kingcraft

From king + -craft.

Questions about kingcraft

What does kingcraft mean?
Kingcraft means the skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
What part of speech is kingcraft?
Kingcraft is a noun.
What is the plural of kingcraft?
The plural of kingcraft is kingcrafts.

Words near kingcraft in the dictionary

  1. kingbolts
  2. Kingborough
  3. kingcake
  4. kingcakes
  5. Kingchow
  6. kingcraft
  7. kingcrafts
  8. kingcroaker
  9. kingcroakers
  10. kingcup
  11. kingcups

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