king's english

1. 1.

   English as spoken by educated persons in southern England

   SynonymsQueen's English

   BroaderEnglish

Questions about king's english

What does king's english mean?

king's english means "English as spoken by educated persons in southern England".

What is another word for king's english?

Close synonyms include Queen's English. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is king's english a common word?

king's english is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.