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KING'S ENGLISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does King's English mean?
• KING'S ENGLISH (noun)
The noun KING'S ENGLISH has 1 sense:
1. English as spoken by educated persons in southern England
Familiarity information: KING'S ENGLISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
English as spoken by educated persons in southern England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
King's English; Queen's English
Hypernyms ("King's English" is a kind of...):
English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)
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