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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
potentate
n : a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator]
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "potentate":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
dictator
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