make-king

English

Alternative forms

• makeking

Etymology

From make +‎ king.

Noun

make-king

1. (obsolete) A king-maker.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest; republished as Marmaduke Prickett, Thomas Wright, editors, The History of the University of Cambridge from the Conquest to the Year 1634, Cambridge University Press, 1811, Section VII, page 250:

     As Nevill, Earl of Warwick was the make-king; so this Dudley, Earl of Warwick (his title before lately created duke) was the make-queen.

Anagrams

• kingmake