prom kingnoun [ C ]
/ˌprɒm ˈkɪŋ//ˌprɑːm ˈkɪŋ/USa boy who is chosen to have a special title and position at a prom (= a formal dance held for older high school students at the end of the school year):
He was elected prom king in his senior year.
More examples
- He somehow got the title of "prom king" when he graduated from high school.
- Like any good prom king, he arrived fashionably late.
- Davis is a confident, all-American prom king with plans to go to college.
- Who is running for prom king this year?