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Definition of Overking
1. n. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.
Definition of Overking
1. Noun. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overking
1. a superior king [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overking
Literary usage of Overking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... or Matoaka (1595-1017), was a younger daughter of Powhattan, overking '•i the
Indian tribes from the Atlantic seaboard to ' the fulls of the rivers. ..."
2. A General History of the Christian Era: For Catholic Colleges and Reading by Anthony Guggenberger (1900)
"... the overking and a vast number of his subjects. He continued his apostolic
work at the national games at Talten, destroyed the idol ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
""Pis he that is overking of all Erin. There is no defect in that man, whether in
form or shape or vesture: whether in size or fitness or proportion, ..."
4. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1908)
"In spite of a relief attempted by the King of Connaught, who was recognized as
overking of the island by the rest of the tribes, Dublin was taken by ..."
5. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1874)
"We now the first time, such compounds as overking, overlord ; words revived in
our own day" (p. 102). " This word [world] is stil pronounced as a ..."
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