Potentate Synonyms

pōtn-tāt
A male sovereign
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. monarch
  2. sovereign
  3. overlord
A ruler who is unconstrained by law
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dictator

Words Related to Potentate

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Potentate Sentence Examples

  • Valdemar was now, after the king of England, the most powerful potentate in the north of Europe.

  • The flight of the tsarevich to a foreign potentate was a reproach and a scandal.

  • Each petty potentate strove for his own private advantage in the confusion; and at this epoch the chief gains accrued to the papacy.

  • Nearly a quarter of a century later Prester John appears upon the scene, in the character of a Christian conqueror and potentate who combined the characters of priest and king, and ruled over vast dominions in the Far East.

  • We are weak; Harry, you know's a mighty potentate.

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