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)
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kingmaker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | earl of warwick, richard neville, warwick |
kingmaker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | important person, influential person, personage |
the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker.
Examples of kingmaker
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Andrew, though, is now kingmaker, with the signing of his new contract imminent.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Israelis are discomfited by the Shia faction's emergence as Lebanon's kingmaker.
From the economist.com
Reform has made the kingmaker all but obsolete in the national Democratic Party.
From the time.com
The idea of Howard Stern as presidential kingmaker may seem absurd on its face.
From the theatlantic.com
She will again be the Tory queen, and the kingmaker in the succession struggle.
From the time.com
Bilderberg has routinely flexed its muscles in establishing its role as kingmaker.
From the infowars.com
The queen of the Mama Grizzlies is trying to play kingmaker in her home state.
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Bilderberg has habitually flexed its muscles in establishing its role as kingmaker.
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The group has also become somewhat of a political kingmaker in Republican primaries.
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- 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)
- An important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"
- A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence in a royal or political succession, without being a viable candidate. Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious, and military means to influence the succession. Originally, the term applied to the activities of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwicku2014"Warwick the Kingmaker"u2014during the Wars of the Roses in England.
- Kingmaker was a British indie rock group, founded in Kingston upon Hull in 1990.
- Kingmaker is a board game created by Andrew McNeil. It was first produced in Britain by PhilMar Ltd. in 1974. The second edition was produced by Avalon Hill in the United States in 1975. ...
- The Kingmaker (Wallace) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, and an adversary of the X-Men.
- The Kingmaker is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...
- (The Kingmaking) The Kingmaking is the first in the Pendragon's Banner trilogy of Arthurian novels by the British writer Helen Hollick. It was published in 1994 by William Heinemann in the United Kingdom. It was followed by Pendragon's Banner and Shadow of the King.
- The title of Richard Neville, a powerful English nobleman slain at the Battle of Barnet, 14 April 1471. Also a game by Avalon Hill, popular with re-enactors, dealing with the Wars of the Roses.
