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Kingmaker - Definition

Related Words: Rasputin, Svengali, Vip, Access, Court, Heavyweight, Key, Lobby, Lobbyist

Kingmaker can refer to the following:

  • Kingmaker is a term referred to during the middle ages whereby nobles would conspire to interfere in the sucession to the thrones of kingdoms, either by political or religious means, or by more overt tactics sometimes amounting to undeclared war.
  • Kingmaker is a board game set in the time of approximately the Wars of the Roses in England, whereby the players each control offices of state and nobles as they try to beat the others to meet the criteria to become the sole pretender to the throne, and therefore the king.
  • Kingmaker may refer to a King-maker scenario.

Example Usage of Kingmaker

chrisrbrown: China becomes quiet climate Kingmaker: http://www.energychinaforum.com/news/29557.shtml
WarwickRaces: 1707 Restaurant fully booked for New Year's Eve! Last few tables remaining in our Kingmaker Restaurant - book now on 08445 793013.
HartHanson: @HitFixDaniel In your analysis of the scrap for demos between Flash Forward and Survivor you neglected to acknowledge BONES as Kingmaker.
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