antiking

English

Alternative forms

anti-king

Etymology

From anti- +‎ king, a calque of German Gegenkönig.

Noun

antiking (plural antikings)

(politics) One who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch.
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 58:
  The political opposition in Germany carried on regardless, electing Rudolf of Rheinfelden as the first ever anti-king at an assembly in Forchheim on 15 March 1077.

Related terms

antipope

Translations

one who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch

Georgian: ანტი-მეფე (anṭi-mepe), ანტიმეფე (anṭimepe)
German: Gegenkönig (de) m

Portuguese: anti-rei m

Anagrams

intaking, taking in

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