Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

king billy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: king -bil-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Imaginary king of the Australian aboriginal people.

Australian usage; Obsolete

name

Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last Tasmanian aboriginal man.

name

Any one of various other aboriginal men at times referred to as King Billy.

name

King William III of England.

Informal

Example Sentences

"1901, Henry Lawson, A Bush Publican's Lament, republished in Children of the Bush, Gutenberg eBook #7065, An' supposen Ole King Billy an' his ole black gin comes round at holiday time and squats on the verander, […] ."

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Phrases

King Billy pine

Questions

What does king billy mean?: Imaginary king of the Australian aboriginal people.

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