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kingmaking

kingmaking noun: the ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office. Also the present participle and gerund of kingmake.

Noun

kingmaking (usually uncountable, plural kingmakings)

  1. (usually) The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
  2. (usually) In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
    • I think that V:TES is a multiplayer game, and multiplayer games have the kingmaking problem no matter much you try to tweak the rules.2008 February 5, ben...@gmail.com, “New final ranking system is crap”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet)

Also used as

kingmaking is also the present participle and gerund of kingmake.

Forms of kingmaking

pluralkingmakings

Origin of kingmaking

From king + making.

Questions about kingmaking

What does kingmaking mean?
Kingmaking means the ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
What part of speech is kingmaking?
Kingmaking is a noun.
What is the plural of kingmaking?
The plural of kingmaking is kingmakings.

Words near kingmaking in the dictionary

  1. kingmade
  2. kingmake
  3. kingmaker
  4. kingmakers
  5. kingmakes
  6. kingmaking
  7. kingmakings
  8. Kingman
  9. Kingman County
  10. Kingman Reef
  11. Kingman's formula

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