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overking

  • /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌkɪŋ/

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From Middle English oferrking, over-king. By surface analysis, over- + king.

noun overkings

  1. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes; a ruler of an overkingdom; a king that is truly superior or supreme; an emperor. the King of Connaught, who was recognized as overking of the island by the rest of the tribe[…]

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noun a superior or supreme king

日本語大王 daiō
DeutschOberkönig

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@misc{overking_2026,
  title = {overking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}