kingmaking
Meanings
noun
- The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
- In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
verb
- present participle and gerund of kingmake
Word forms
Etymology
From king + making.
Related words
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