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How to pronounce “kingmaker”
Hear “kingmaker” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for kingmaker
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of kingmaker with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How (and why) Russia hacked the US election
They sound like they're playing kingmaker in Ukraine,
- Definition summary
- (politics) Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce kingmaker
How (and why) Russia hacked the US election

They sound like they're playing kingmaker in Ukraine,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “kingmaker”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (politics) Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.
- (by extension, game theory) A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win.
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