kingmaker

Noun

Meaning

English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)

an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Warwick Earl of Warwick Richard Neville court influence manipulator access latency reis fixer activist heavyweight lobbyist pressure group power broker
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Antonyms

rascal scamp number heavy letter rat
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Hypernyms

personage important person influential person

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Examples

the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker Source: Internet

Conservative US radio host Rush Limbaugh says he has advanced lung cancerConservative radio host and Republican kingmaker Rush Limbaugh said he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Source: Internet

Furthermore, the organization is preparing to increase its geographic scope and fully integrate post-Soviet Central Asian Turkic countries under its umbrella which can make it a “kingmaker” in regional politics. Source: Internet

Although he was the kingmaker, he did not live in the lap of luxury. Source: Internet

At the end of the war, Gertrude focused on the future of Mesopotamia and was to become a powerful force in Iraqi politics, becoming a kingmaker when her preferred choice, Faisal, was crowned King of the State of Iraq in 1921. Source: Internet

It is rumored that political kingmaker Sanoh Thienthong would like to lead the party, wresting it away from Thaksin and his goal of somehow gaining an amnesty. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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