Tra từ throne - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

throne [throne thrones throned throning] BrE [θrəʊn] NAmE [θroʊn] noun
1. countable a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies
2. the thronesingular the position of being a king or queen
•Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952.
•when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king)
•Prince Charles is next in line to the British throne.
see the (real) power behind the throne at ↑power _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French trone, via Latin from Greek thronos ‘elevated seat’.

Example Bank:
•Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558.
•Left-wing revolutionaries toppled the king from his throne.
•Queen Victoria remained on the throne for over sixty years.
•The managing director's secretary is the real power behind the throne.
•The marriage failed to produce an heir to the throne.
•The prince is second in line to the throne behind his brother.
•a claimant to the vacant Spanish throne
•He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne.