(n): a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
(n): a competitor who holds a preeminent position
(n): the contestant you hope to defeat
(n): a very wealthy or powerful businessman
(n): a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
(n): preeminence in a particular category or group or field
(n): high status importance owing to marked superiority
(n): United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
(n): an athlete who plays tennis
(n): United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
(n): a person who sings
(n): a musician who plays the guitar
(n): United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
(n): a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
(n): a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
(n): a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
(n): one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
(n): one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
(n): one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
(n): (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
(n): any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
In chess, the goal is to capture the opponents king while protecting your own.