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ˈking-fish
1. A name given to several fishes remarkable for their size, appearance, or value as food; esp. (a) the opah (Lampris guttatus or luna), a brilliantly-coloured fish of the mackerel family, occasionally found in British waters; (b) a carangoid fish (Seriola Lalandii) of New Zealand and New South Wales, also called ‘yellow-tail’; (c) a scombroid fish of Florida (Scomberomerus regalis or Cybium regale); (d) an American sciænoid fish (Menticirrus nebulosus or related species); (e) a sciænoid fish of S. Australia (Sciæna antarctica).
1750Phil. Trans., Abridg. (1756) X. 879 Plate v. The Opah, or King Fish. 1775Romans Florida App. 7 Groopers are in great plenty, king-fish, Spanish mackrel and Barrows are also often caught towing. 1798T. Hinderwell Scarborough ii. ii. 229 The Opah or king-fish (very rare) was seen here a few years ago. 1827P. Cunningham N.S. Wales I. 68 (Morris) King-fish, mullet, mackarel..are all found plentifully about. 1859All Year Round No. 4. 82 The deep sea fish—the ‘schnapper’, the ‘king fish’, the ‘grounder’, and the rock cod—were beyond their reach. 1880Rep. R. Comm. Fisheries N.S. Wales 22 The ‘King-fish’ [Elacata nigra] is about the most voracious and destructive of all the predacious fishes of these seas. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 330/2 Second in importance is the kingfish, whom the Fish Commissioners call a Scomberomorus regalis..He is wholly unrelated to the kingfish of the North, but is a variety of mackerel. He abounds off the coast of Florida.
2. A leader, chief, boss; freq. used as a nickname for a particular person, notably for Huey Long (1893–1935), Governor and Senator from Louisiana. U.S. slang.
1933H. P. Long Every Man a King xxvii. 277 We from time to time termed various of our political enemies the ‘Kingfish’, most prominent of which was..a certain corporation lawyer. Ibid., I am participating here anyway, gentlemen. For the present you can just call me the Kingfish. 1934Sun (Baltimore) 21 Aug. 10/2 The Kingfish [sc. Huey Long] is ideally equipped for a dictator's rôle. 1939Ibid. 17 July 11/1 King Levinsky, the Kingfish, who earned a fortune..during four spectacular years in the ring. 1946Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch 26 Dec. 1/5 Mr. Brown..is sometimes referred to as the ‘kingfish’ of City Council. 1968Word Study Dec. 4/1 The term kingfish may be applied to an undisputed leader or master. It has been used as a personal appellation, self-applied I believe, to Huey Long, and to a character in the enduring radio show of Amos 'n' Andy. |