Associations to the word «Potentate»

Wiktionary

POTENTATE, noun. A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler
POTENTATE, noun. A powerful polity or institution.
POTENTATE, adjective. (obsolete) Regnant, powerful, dominant.

Dictionary definition

POTENTATE, noun. A ruler who is unconstrained by law.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.