Potentate Definition

pōtn-tāt
potentates
noun
potentates
A person having great power; ruler; monarch.
Webster's New World
One who dominates or leads a group or an endeavor.
Industrial potentates.
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Other Word Forms of Potentate

Noun

Singular:
potentate
Plural:
potentates

Origin of Potentate

  • From Middle English potentat, from Old French, from Late Latin potentātus (“rule, political power"), from Latin potÄ“ns (“powerful, strong"), the active present participle of possum (“I am able").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English potentat from Old French from Late Latin potentātus from Latin power from potēns present participle of posse to be able potent

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

Potentate Sentence Examples

  • Valdemar was now, after the king of England, the most powerful potentate in the north of Europe.

  • The flight of the tsarevich to a foreign potentate was a reproach and a scandal.

  • Each petty potentate strove for his own private advantage in the confusion; and at this epoch the chief gains accrued to the papacy.

  • Nearly a quarter of a century later Prester John appears upon the scene, in the character of a Christian conqueror and potentate who combined the characters of priest and king, and ruled over vast dominions in the Far East.

  • We are weak; Harry, you know's a mighty potentate.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOT

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With E