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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kingmaker has 2 senses
- kingmaker(n = noun.person) earl of warwick, richard neville, warwick - 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); Array is a kind of national leader, solon, statesman
- kingmaker(n = noun.person) Array - an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker" is a kind of important person, influential person, personage
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kingmaker, n. a person who makes kings, leaders, etc., through the exercise of political influence, orig. with ref. to the Earl of Warwick in the reign of Henry VI of England.
THESAURUS
kingmaker
Machiavellian, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, behind-the-scenes operator, big wheel, court, eminence grise, finagler, five-percenter, friend at court, gamesman, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, lobby, lobbyist, logroller, lords of creation, machinator, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, operator, pork-barrel politician, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, strategist, the Establishment, very important person, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller
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