A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem

A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.

Ruler of a land or Kingdom. (In LARP they tend to be the focal point of a faction or group of factions, and can either be DPC's or very rarely actual players)

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

a divinely appointed ruler with nearly unlimited powers

a hereditary ruler of a country

a male monarch

a male sovereign ruler of an independent state

an administrator, and an hereditary administrator is as absurd as an author by birthright

a ruler whom the people, out of their own free will, have decided to place at their head

a sovereign ruler of a nation, tribe, or country

a supreme ruler

Supreme ruler, thought to be made so by God himself.

The male ruler of a Kingdom, who becomes Crown Prince by winning a Crown Tourney, is crowned at the next Coronation event, and reigns until his successor is crowned at the Coronation event after that. On the occasions when a woman wins the crown tourney, her husband or significant other is called Prince Consort rather than King.