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kingmakers

kingmakers is the plural of kingmaker.

Meaning of kingmaker

Noun

kingmaker (plural kingmakers)

  1. 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...
  2. (broadly) A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win.

Questions about kingmakers

What is kingmakers the plural of?
Kingmakers is the plural of kingmaker.

Words near kingmakers in the dictionary

  1. kingly
  2. Kingma
  3. kingmade
  4. kingmake
  5. kingmaker
  6. kingmakers
  7. kingmakes
  8. kingmaking
  9. kingmakings
  10. Kingman
  11. Kingman County

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