A small paper crown casting a much larger crown-shaped shadow across a lavender surface.

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Dead Collector

He must be a King.

— Monty Python and the Holy Grail · 1975

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A conclusion drawn with confidence: from something observed, the speaker reasons that the person must hold royal rank. The word 'must' presents a guess as near certainty, giving the line a mix of deduction and assumption that may or may not be justified.

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