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queenmaker

queenmaker noun: someone who has strong influence over the choice of a female leader.

Noun

queenmaker (plural queenmakers)

  1. Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a female leader.
    • “The fact is that the unpledged delegate group was added not to be kingmakers or queenmakers but simply to give each state a few extra slots without having to sign in blood for a presidential candidate or run against their own constituents,” he said.2008 April 26, Larry Rohter, “Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Sign of Easing”, in New York Times

Forms of queenmaker

pluralqueenmakers

Origin of queenmaker

From queen + maker. Modelled after kingmaker.

Questions about queenmaker

What does queenmaker mean?
Queenmaker means someone who has strong influence over the choice of a female leader.
What part of speech is queenmaker?
Queenmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of queenmaker?
The plural of queenmaker is queenmakers.

Words near queenmaker in the dictionary

  1. queenlily
  2. queenliness
  3. queenling
  4. queenlings
  5. queenly
  6. queenmaker
  7. queenmakers
  8. queenophone
  9. queenophones
  10. queenpin
  11. queenpins

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