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sea king
noun
- one of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs who ravaged the coasts of medieval Europe.
- (initial capital letters) a twin-engine U.S. Navy helicopter for rescue work and antisubmarine warfare.
sea king
noun
- any of the greater Viking pirate chiefs who led raids on the coasts of early medieval Europe
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Origin of sea king1
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Example Sentences
We realise the Sea King fleet is ageing and welcome the investment in new aircraft.
So the sea-king told the waves to cast on the shore riches that they had stolen from all the ships that had ever been wrecked.
Iceland was too quiet a land to hold the stirring sea-king long and news from Norway soon made him take ship again.
It was but a narrow strip of water that separated the old Sea King, or Buccaneer, from his neighbours on the mainland.
The journey homewards was a sad one, for the spirits of the old sea king were entirely broken.
The bold Buccaneer that once was, the great Sea King, the mighty trader, was struck for a few moments completely dumb.
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