kingmaker

Other forms of kingmaker

plural

kingmakers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kingmaker

What does kingmaker mean?

kingmaker means "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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kingmaker?

kingmaker has 3 syllables: king-ma-ker. The stress falls on "king". In IPA it is /ˈkɪŋˌmeɪkɚ/.

What is another word for kingmaker?

Close synonyms include Warwick, Earl of Warwick, Richard Neville. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kingmaker a common word?

kingmaker is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with kingmaker?

19 words rhyme with kingmaker. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.