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make-king

make-king noun: a king-maker.

Noun

make-king

  1. (obsolete) A king-maker.
    • As Nevill, Earl of Warwick was the make-king; so this Dudley, Earl of Warwick (his title before lately created duke) was the make-queen.1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest; republished as Marmaduke Prickett, Thomas Wright, editors, The History of the University of Cambridge from the...

Forms of make-king

alternative formmakeking

Origin of make-king

From make + king.

Questions about make-king

What does make-king mean?
Make-king means a king-maker.
What part of speech is make-king?
Make-king is a noun.

Words near make-king in the dictionary

  1. make-fray
  2. make-frays
  3. make-good
  4. make-hawk
  5. make-hawks
  6. make-king
  7. make-koshi
  8. Make-make
  9. make-or-break
  10. make-out
  11. make-outs

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