Potentate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpəʊ.tən.teɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Potentate is a noun meaning A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.
Meaning
A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.
More Meanings
- A powerful polity or institution.
- (derogatory) A self-important person.
- (humorous) Someone acting in an important role.
- (obsolete) Regnant, powerful, dominant.
Example Sentences
But Kings and mightieſt Potentates muſt die, For that's the end of humane miſerie.
"Those foreigners," thought the female potentate of the Sun, "won't know what to order; but I'll show them what a good supper is."
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.
Bad news for a certain kind of pedantic patriot (look away now, Jacob Rees-Mogg). Prince Charles has debased the English language – and in a letter to a foreign potentate, no less.
Word Forms
- potentates
Synonyms for potentate
Depending on context, synonyms include dictator.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dictator, potestate, potent, ruler, king, prince.
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