参考词典中kingmaker的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 拥立国王者,Warwick伯爵
词形变化
- 形容词:king'mak'ing
英英解释
2个名词解释
- 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)
[同] earl of warwick, kingmaker, richard neville, warwick - an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence
[例]- the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker
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