Kingsley

American  

[kingz-lee] / ˈkɪŋz li /

noun

1. Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.

2. Sidney, 1906–1995, U.S. playwright.

3. a male given name.

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Kingsley British  

/ ˈkɪŋzlɪ /

noun

1. Sir Ben. born 1943, British actor. He won an Oscar for his performance in the title role of the film Gandhi (1982); his later films include Schindler's List (1993) and Sexy Beast (2000)

2. Charles. 1819–75, British clergyman and author. His works include the historical romances Westward Ho! (1855) and Hereward the Wake (1866) and the children's story The Water Babies (1863)

3. his brother, Henry . 1830–76, British novelist, editor, and journalist, who spent some time in Australia. His works include Ravenshoe (1861) and the Anglo-Australian novels The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn (1859) and The Hillyars and the Burtons (1865)

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Example Sentences

Kingsley previously played Moses in an eponymously-titled 1995 production for TNT, part of a 27-installment collection that ended in 2002 with “Apocalypse” – an appropriate subject, perhaps, considering the time’s prevailing anxieties.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Kingsley will have to serve half of her sentence in prison before being released on licence.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Marvel’s latest TV series, starring Yahya Adbul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, is a disarming tale of actors in Hollywood that doesn’t require viewers to be MCU experts to be appreciated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State's information commissioner, blamed Sunday's church raid on bandits, and urged isolated places of worship to "reconsider worshipping in crime prone areas for now until the situation gets better".

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

“I’m going to have to get back to Downing Street, I should have been there an hour ago,” said Kingsley finally, after a last sweeping gaze at the sky.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling