kingmaker

/ˌkɪŋˈmeɪkər/
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Other forms: kingmakers

Definitions of kingmaker
  1. noun
    an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence
    “the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker”
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    type of:
    important person, influential person, personage
    one whose whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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