English
Synonyms
From ME. potentat, from OF., from LL. potentatus|potent�tus (meaning "rule" or "political power") which derives from potens|pot�ns (meaning "powerful" or "strong"), a present participle of posse (meaning "to be able").
Noun
en-noun
- A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler
#*w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, "Henry VI, Part I", 1592
#*:But kings and mightiest potentates must die, For that's the end of human misery.
#*w:Theodore Dreiser|Theodore Dreiser, "Sister Carrie", 1900
#*:She was now one of a group of oriental beauties who, in the second act of the comic opera, were paraded by the vizier before the new potentate as the treasures of his harem.
Translations
trans-top|a powerful leader
German: Potentant
Icelandic: valdamaður m, burgeis m, höfðingi m, þjóðhöfðingi m
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de:potentate
et:potentate
io:potentate
hu:potentate
te:potentate
vi:potentate
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