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ˈking-ˌmaker
One who makes or sets up kings; spec. an epithet of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, in the reigns of Henry VI and Edward IV. Also transf. and fig.
1599Daniel Civ. Wars v. xvi, That great King-maker Warwick, so far growne In grace with Fortune, that he gouerns it, And Monarchs makes. 1603Archpr. Controv. II. 236 The kingmakers designes will come, as is the old prouerbe, from a wyndmill post to be pudding pricke. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. II. viii. 259 Sir Edward Poynings was sent to Dublin to put down this new king-maker. 1878Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 212 Warwick..filled..a place which never before or after was filled by a subject, and his title of Kingmaker was not given without reason. 1887Dict. Nat. Biog. IX. 67/1 William Thompson, the great Maori chief and ‘king-maker’. 1899E. Wharton Greater Inclination 162 John Oberville? I'll tell you what he is—the power behind the throne, the black Pope, the King-maker. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 10 Aug. 1/6 Hunt boasted of responsibility for getting so many Government officials their jobs that he was known ‘socially’ as ‘the kingmaker’. 1959Manch. Guardian 4 Aug. 4/2 Governor Ribicoff, of Connecticut..has launched his career as a kingmaker by taking command of the Kennedy forces. 1968‘G. Bagby’ Another Day iv. 76 This was a young man who was clearly destined to make his mark... The kingmakers had their eye on him. He was going to go places. 1972Times 27 Dec. 5/8 This was a sad example of a politician still trying to play the kingmaker long after his influence had waned.
So ˈking-ˌmaking n. and a.
1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. xvii, And is this all the world has gain'd by thee, Thou first and last of fields! king⁓making Victory? 1865Kingsley Herew. I. Prel. 11 Leofric had the first success in king making. |