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antiking

noun

Etymology

From anti- + king. Calque of German Gegenkönig.

  1. calqued from Gegenkönig

Definitions

  1. One who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch, especially in an…

    One who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch, especially in an electoral monarchy.

    • The political opposition in Germany carried on regardless, electing Rudolf of Rheinfelden as the first ever anti-king at an assembly in Forchheim on 15 March 1077.

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