kingmaker
Syllables: king·mak·er/ˈkɪŋmeɪkə/US/ˈkɪŋˌmeɪkɚ/
kingmaker noun: someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.
Noun
kingmaker (plural kingmakers)
- Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.
- Alain, who is proud of choosing the extreme right but still didn't want his real name printed, is one of the 6.4 million [Marine] Le Pen voters who are now the kingmakers in deciding who becomes the next president of France. If the Socialist François Hollande topped the poll, beating the rightwing...2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “French election: Marine Le Pen voters grapple with their role as kingmakers”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...
- However, a National-Act coalition would only have a slim majority, meaning Mr Luxon may need to secure the support of NZ First, whose leader Winston Peters has been kingmaker in previous Labour and National-led coalitions.2023 October 14, Antoinette Radford & Graeme Baker, “New Zealand election: National party's Chris Luxon claims victory”, in BBC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2023
- A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win.
kingmaker meaning in Tamil and Persian
kingmaker in Tamil
- அரசர்களைப் படைக்கும் ஆற்றலுடையோர்
kingmaker in Persian
- someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader
- شاهنشان
Forms of kingmaker
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Origin of kingmaker
From king + maker, originally used in the 16th century in “Warwick the Kingmaker”, an epithet of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), a key figure in the Wars of the Roses whose actions led to King Henry VI being deposed in 1461 and Edward IV appointed in his place, then Edward IV being replaced by Henry VI again in 1470.
Words formed from kingmaker
Questions about kingmaker
- What does kingmaker mean?
- Kingmaker means someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.
- What is kingmaker in Tamil?
- Kingmaker in Tamil is அரசர்களைப் படைக்கும் ஆற்றலுடையோர். See Kingmaker meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is kingmaker?
- Kingmaker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kingmaker?
- Kingmaker is pronounced /ˈkɪŋmeɪkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kingmaker?
- The plural of kingmaker is kingmakers.
Words near kingmaker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kingmaker (page history and authors); kingmaker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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