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kingless

/ˈkɪŋləs/

kingless adjective: without a king.

Adjective

kingless (not comparable)

  1. Without a king.
    • I have been away from England all these years, / Heading the holy war against the Moslem, / While thou and others in our kingless realms / Were fighting underhand unholy wars / Against your lawful King.1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Foresters, Act IV, Scene 1, in The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, edited by William J. Rolfe, Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1892, p. 139...
    • Now that Charles I had been beheaded, Cromwell wanted a guarantee from the States General not only that they would never countenance any kind of support for a Stuart restoration in England, but also that no Prince of Orange (married into the British dynasty) would ever again become Stadholder and...1999, Simon Schama, Rembrandt's Eyes, New York: Knopf, Part Five, Chapter 11, p. 566

Origin of kingless

Inherited from Middle English kingles; by surface analysis, king + -less.

Words formed from kingless

Questions about kingless

What does kingless mean?
Kingless means without a king.
What part of speech is kingless?
Kingless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce kingless?
Kingless is pronounced /ˈkɪŋləs/.

Words near kingless in the dictionary

  1. kingklips
  2. Kinglake
  3. Kinglake Central
  4. Kinglake West
  5. Kinglassie
  6. kingless
  7. kinglessness
  8. kinglet
  9. kinglets
  10. kinglier
  11. kingliest

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