{
  "id": "king.monarch",
  "term": "king",
  "sense": "monarch",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 17,
  "arena": "words",
  "domain": "noun",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a person who controls a kingdom",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "human.person",
      "control.ability",
      "kingdom.political",
      "people.social"
    ],
    "interaction": "A human exercises control over a kingdom, maintaining boundaries through ongoing interactions within a social group.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "sovereign authority",
      "centralized rule",
      "hereditary or appointed leadership"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated Harold II at Hastings and claimed control of the Kingdom of England.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand reigned for 70 years, guiding national policy through military and civilian governments.",
      "domain": "politics"
    },
    {
      "text": "Sundiata Keita founded the Mali Empire in 1235 and ruled as mansa, consolidating authority over regional trade and people.",
      "domain": "history"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "human.person",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "kingdom.political",
      "note": "abstracts",
      "type": "abstracts"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "king",
    "kinged",
    "kinging",
    "kings"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "definition",
      "note": "Added 'people.social' as a component because control over a kingdom inherently involves governance of and interaction with a persistent social group. The original definition was correct but relied on "
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-king.monarch"
}