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单词 king-elect
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king-elect
king-elect n. a man chosen, elected, or expected to become king.
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1543 Chron. J. Hardyng f. lxxxiv When Cadwan was of Brytons, kyng elect And crouned was, to rule them and protect.
1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. i. 3 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) The King of Denmark has buried lately his eldest Son Christian, so that he hath now but one living..who is..shortly to be King Elect.
1741 tr. Hist. Stanislaus I 59 Hitherto they [sc. the Poles] had refused sincerely to acknowledge and stick to either of the two Kings Elect.
1858 T. Williams Fiji I. ii. 24 The leading men drink yaqona with the king elect.
2007 Afr. News (Nexis) 21 Aug. Even before he's got to the throne, the king-elect..has begun to express some strong views.
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