Meanings
nounqueenmaker (plural queenmakers)
plural queenmakers
- Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a female leader.
“The fact is that the unpledged delegate group was added not to be kingmakers or queenmakers but simply to give each state a few extra slots without having to sign in blood for a presidential candidate or run against their own constituents,” he said.
2008 April 26, Larry Rohter, “Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Sign of Easing”, in New York Times
Origin
From queen + maker. Modelled after kingmaker.
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APA
queenmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenmaker
MLA
“queenmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenmaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queenmaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenmaker.
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