English Explanatory Dictionary

underking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underking.wav

Word forms

underking underkings under-king

Etymology

From Middle English underking, from Old English undercing, undercyning (“under-king, viceroy”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *underkuning, from Proto-Germanic *underkuningaz, equivalent to under- + king. Cognate with Dutch onderkoning (“viceroy”), German Unterkönig (“underking”), Danish underkonge (“underking”), Swedish underkung (“underking”).

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