Podesta Definition

pō-dĕstə, pōdĕ-stä
noun
A chief magistrate of a medieval Italian town.
Webster's New World
A minor official in an Italian town.
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Podesta

Noun

Singular:
podesta
Plural:
podestas

Origin of Podesta

  • Italian podestà from Old Italian podestate from Latin potestās power from potis powerful, able poti- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian, from Latin potestas power, magistracy. See potent.

    From Wiktionary

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