underking

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词形变化

underkings 复数 underkings

别名

under-king

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.

词源

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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