sailor king

1. 1.

   King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)

   SynonymsWilliam IV

   BroaderKing of England

Questions about sailor king

What does sailor king mean?

sailor king means "King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)".

What is another word for sailor king?

Close synonyms include William IV. 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 sailor king a common word?

sailor king 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.