sea king
Americannoun
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one of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs who ravaged the coasts of medieval Europe.
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(initial capital letters) a twin-engine U.S. Navy helicopter for rescue work and antisubmarine warfare.
noun
Etymology
Origin of sea king
1575–85; translation of Old Norse sǣkonungr; cognate with Old English sǣcyning
Example Sentences
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The journey homewards was a sad one, for the spirits of the old sea king were entirely broken.
From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard
Captain Howel Davis, our next sea king, was a native of Milford, who, being taken224 prisoner by England, was appointed captain of the vessel of which he had been chief mate.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
The Scandinavian sea king was sometimes buried, in his ship, in a grave dug on some headland overlooking the ocean.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
Now I would have the good king know that I am not that; I am but a sea king.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
Among these naval adventurers “there was no one,” says Southey, “who took to the seas so much in the spirit of a northern sea king as the Earl of Cumberland.”
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
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