Dynast Definition

dīnăst, -nəst
dynasts
noun
A ruler, esp. a hereditary ruler.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Dynast

Noun

Singular:
dynast
Plural:
dynasts

Origin of Dynast

  • Latin dynastēs from Greek dunastēs lord from dunasthai to be able deu-2 in Indo-European roots

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

  • From Late Latin dynastēs, from Ancient Greek δυναστής (dunastēs, “lord, ruler”), from δύνασθαι (dunasthai, “to be powerful”).

    From Wiktionary

Dynast Sentence Examples

  • But at the same time, the Persian dynast Ardashir had already begun his conquests in Persia and Carmania.

  • As Zoroaster probably preached his religion in eastern Iran, Vishtaspa must have been a dynast in Bactria or Sogdiana.

  • It is clear that the later traditions in many respects accurately summed up the performances of the " Minoan " dynast who carried out the great buildings now brought to light.

  • His two daughters, both named Laodice, were married, one to Antiochus the Great, the other to his cousin Achaeus, a dynast of Asia Minor.

  • From the inscriptions of Sargon of Assyria we know one "Arbaku Dynast of Arnashia" as one of forty-five chiefs of Median districts who paid tribute to Sargon in 713 B.C. See MEDIA.

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Words Starting With

DDYDYN

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TSTAST

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Words Starting With D and Ending With T

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