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Meanings of potentate in English

Portuguese
autócrata
Catalan
potentat

A ruler who is unconstrained by law.

autócrata
Synonyms
Examples for "dictator"
Examples for "dictator"
1
Overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 achieved important American strategic objectives.
The Guardian
2
Reports from early today speculated that the former dictator had been captured.
The Irish Times
3
You know, I actually think he'd make a good dictator, that man.
Another life altogether: a novel
4
Former military dictator of Burma Ne Win has died under house arrest.
The Irish Times
5
A caretaker government was announced within an hour of the dictator's capture.
The Guardian
Usage of potentate in English
1
Talks like an experienced business potentate of forty-yetshe is only fourteen.
Polly and Eleanor
2
This potentate's life offers a rich field of research to the psychologist.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
3
He says your majesty is a great potentate, which is true enough.
The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter
4
He was as brilliant a potentate as he was inept a lover.
Complete Books of Blood
5
Death, that mighty potentate, loves sweetness full well as a shining mark.
The Spinners' Book of Fiction
6
For the potentate to drone-nap him was the height of bad taste.
Blameless
7
He was sure the Ruski potentate would at once if he knew!
Across Coveted Lands; or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to C...
8
At least the potentate had no intention of actually killing poor Biffy.
Blameless
9
The young potentate of the Celestial empire is not far behind.
Said the Observer
10
Whether Barraillier reached this fancied potentate or not we are left in ignorance.
The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
11
I did not suspect the potentate of such extremes of action.
Blameless
12
He would conduct them to the kingdom of this unknown potentate.
The Life of Columbus
13
Man, in league with the dark potentate you have named, if you like.
The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
14
Why, I could give you points on the potentate act myself.
Brewster's Millions
15
They relate to, every potentate who may be the ruler of a land.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
16
A yet more formidable potentate, Sigurd, of the Orkneys, next joined the league.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
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Potentate across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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