god-king

noun

Etymology

From god + king.

  1. inherited from kyngen — “to perform the duties of a king
  2. inherited from kyngen
  3. inherited from *kuningaz
  4. inherited from *kuning
  5. inherited from cyng
  6. inherited from king
  7. compounded as god-king — “god + king

Definitions

  1. A statesman who holds all the state's powers and has religious significance to his…

    A statesman who holds all the state's powers and has religious significance to his constituency.

  2. A king who is of divine descent.

  3. A monarch who is also a god.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A tyrannical maintainer of a collaborative project.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA