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Kingmaker - Definition

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.

Kingmaker - Example Usage

tammiegibbs: RT: One stray thought and your magic will desert you. http://t.co/3FRn4J7z #SampleSunday @FourMoonsPress #YA #high #fantasy
abbiebryant_: @BeccaSmithh95 oh yes edward IV, who it could be said to be ruled by the kingmaker, aka earl of warwick. - the mightiest of over mighty A*
craigahansen: RT: One stray thought and your magic will desert you. http://t.co/nDp7v7bp #SampleSunday @FourMoonsPress #YA #high #fantasy
sierraleonenet: Mustapha Massaquoi – The Silent Kingmaker http://t.co/Y4dHlo8O
MayaLantz: RT: One stray thought and your magic will desert you. http://t.co/5Vppa2Rl #SampleSunday @FourMoonsPress #YA #high #fantasy
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