god-king

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god-king

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From god + king.

noun god-kings · god king

  1. historical A king who is of divine descent; a monarch who is also worshiped as a god. the god-kings of Ancient Egypt

    Similar: God Emperor

  2. broadly A statesman who holds all the state's powers and has religious significance to his constituency.
  3. A mogul, someone with godlike powers. One might assume that it is contradictory for Trump, elected on a flag-waving “America first” platform, to lend credence to this vision of sovereign territories ruled over by billionaire god-kings.
  4. derogatory A tyrannical maintainer of a collaborative project.

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Françaisroi-dieu
DeutschGottkönig

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@misc{god_king_2026,
  title = {god-king},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/god-king},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}