king of the castle
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king of the castle
noun kings of the castle · kings of the castles
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A children's game in which one player is located on something elevated and other players attempt to take his or her place.
[A] throng of children came pouring from school. […] [T]hey were storming the sand-heap, pelting a king of the castle, who pelted back with handfuls.
Similar: king of the hill
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A person who assumes a position of greater importance, authority, or prominence than others.
Mr. Matthews, usually nonjudgmental when writing about O'Connor's domestic relations, can't resist calling him "the king of the castle, the smug possessor of a bevy of three fine women absolutely de-voted to him."
Similar: king of the hill, King of the Jungle, baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig
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title = {king of the castle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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