antiking

English

Alternative forms

• anti-king

Etymology

From anti- +‎ king. Calque of German Gegenkönig.

Noun

antiking (plural antikings)

1. (politics) One who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch, especially in an electoral monarchy.
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 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

• antiemperor
• antipope

Translations

one who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch

• Dutch: tegenkoning m
• Georgian: ანტი-მეფე (anṭi-mepe), ანტიმეფე (anṭimepe)
• German: Gegenkönig (de) m
• Portuguese: anti-rei m

Anagrams

• intaking, taking in