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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) kingpin
(in bowling)

2.  kingpin
the headpin.

3.  kingpin
the pin at the center.

4.  kingpin
Informal. a person or thing of chief importance.

5.  kingpin
either of the pins that are a part of the mechanism for turning the front wheels in some automotive steering systems.

Etymology: (1795–1805)

Definition of 'kingpin'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) kingpin, top banana, bigwig
the most important person in a group or undertaking

2. (noun) kingbolt, kingpin, swivel pin
bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle

3. (noun) headpin, kingpin
the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins

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