Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun martin_luther_king

1 sense of martin luther king

Sense 1
King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr. -- (United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968))
       INSTANCE OF=> clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth -- (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
       INSTANCE OF=> civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist -- (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)