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English

Synonyms

From potentat, from , from potentatus|potentātus (meaning "rule" or "political power") which derives from potens|potēns (meaning "powerful" or "strong"), a present participle of posse (meaning "to be able").

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

German: Potentant
Icelandic: valdamaður , burgeis , höfðingi , þjóðhöfðingi

de:potentate et:potentate io:potentate hu:potentate te:potentate vi:potentate zh:potentate

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Potentate \Po"ten*tate\, n. [LL. potentatus, fr. potentare to
exercise power: cf. F. potentat. See Potent, a.]
One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a
prince, sovereign, or monarch.
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The blessed and only potentate. --1 Tim. vi.
15.
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Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. --Milton.
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WordNet potentate
n : a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator]

Moby Dictionary
anointed king , chief , chieftain , crowned head , dynast , emperor ,
grand duke , high chief , imperator , king , king-emperor , kinglet ,
lord paramount , majesty , monarch , overlord , paramount , petty king ,
prince , prince consort , royal , royal personage , royalty , ruler ,
sovereign , suzerain , tetrarch

POTENTATE. One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign. 2. By the naturalization laws, an alien is required, before he can be naturalized, to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereign whatever.