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Meanings of potentate (potentates) in inglês

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potentat

A ruler who is unconstrained by law.

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Examples for "dictator"
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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
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Former military dictator of Burma Ne Win has died under house arrest.
The Irish Times
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A caretaker government was announced within an hour of the dictator's capture.
The Guardian
Usage of potentates in inglês
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She gave the name of one of the financial potentates, and added:
The Argonauts
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The potentates were perplexed and at variance, the nobles lukewarm and discontented.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 23: 1576
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He passes, you know, for one of the richest potentates in Europe.
Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
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The War Chief could not bend, even before the greatest of potentates.
The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
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Yet each of these potentates saw well the reason of his exclusion.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 / A Maga...
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And of the potentates he had met, he trusted Islanzadí the least.
Brisingr
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After all, they were two Sayns hard pressed by these ruthless potentates.
The Sword Maker
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What God hath joined, let not potentates or anything else put asunder.
The True Woman / A Series of Discourses, to Which Is Added Woman...
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They reinforced their garrisons, purchased supplies, and solicited succours from foreign potentates.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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That's the kind of visiting potentates that come to this country now.
Heart of the West
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These two potentates were the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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Slowly the potentates progressed across the white dunes towards the city.
The Garden of Allah
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In Afghanistan, U.S. infantrymen politic with local potentates on reconstruction projects.
Wired
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The affairs of most nations are settled by the potentates during their toilet.
The Pacha of Many Tales
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But what were and are the true potentates of our planet?
The Guardian
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The next few moments Charley was busy measuring the two potentates for greatcoats.
The Right of Way — Volume 04
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