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ghostking en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of ghost + king.

Meanings

1. A king of ghosts or spirits; a ghostly or spiritual king; a king of one's own spirit or soul; a god; God.
   • At last Vikramaditya called to his aid Vetal, the great ghost king. 1918, Charles Augustus Kincaid, Dattātraya Baḷavanta Pārasanīsa, A history of the Maratha people - Volume 1 - Page 11:
   • Birds of all kinds live in Greensprings in summer, even the white eagle that we call the ghostking. 2002, Sean Russell, The One Kingdom: Book One of the Swans' War - Page 90:
   • Conan, dispossessed of his throne and dead (or believed so) had in fact all the qualities of the Danish ghostking. 2004, Robert E. Howard, The Bloody Crown of Conan - Page 356:
   • The play, which began with the dead soldier ghost King appearance of which Horatio told Hamlet, comes full circle when Fortinbras, announces dead soldier honors and burial for ghost King's dead son Prince Hamlet, and prepares to listen to Horatio tell Hamlet's story, [...] 2005, Ursula Zzirg, Shakespeare and Michelangelo:
   • A bull elk can easily cover miles of rugged country in no time[…]They are the ghost kings of the high country, more cautious and wary than deer, and more difficult to track. 2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 1, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 2:
   • Moreover, measureless great yaksha generals, rakshasa kings, putana kings, kumbhanda kings, pishacha kings, Vinayaka, the great ghost kings, and all the ghost commanders came before the Buddha, [...] 2003, Hsüan Hua, Sutra Text and Supplements - Page 198:
   • They just grow out of cracks in the black rocks. "Never mind what it is! Will you give her back to us?" asked Noheb. He was holding the sword over the Ghost King's head. Jagat was holding the spear against the Ghost King's chest. 2005, Heidi Munan, Bidayuh Stories: Stories from Sarawak - Page 14:

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