potentate Definition
po·ten·tate (pōt′'n tāt′)
noun
a person having great power; ruler; monarch
Etymology: ME potentat < LL potentatus < LL(Ec), power, rule < L potens: see potent
potentate Synonyms
potentate Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- foreign: The letter -- for it was a letter from a foreign potentate -- was received six days ago.
- great: He began to try what prayers would do, but city prayers were vain against the great rural potentate.
- other: Kings forbade their noblemen from forming alliances with other potentates.
- eastern: It is not surprising for the Eastern potentate is the model for God.
- mighty: We are weak; Harry, you know's a mighty potentate.
- African: The story encompasses the final dispatch of history's greatest soldier - Napoleon - and the subjugation of Asian and African potentates.
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