roi

le roi (FR N-M) king, male head of state of certain countries, ascending to power usually through heredity, or more rarely through election. Early kings often possessed absolute power; later political evolutions placed constitutions, elected parliaments, and other assemblies in the power-making chain, thus removing some of the absolutism. Ruler of any domain; chief or eminent representative of a group; in chess, the most important piece, the placing of which in »check« signals the end of the…