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potentate

/poht-n-teyt/US // ˈpoʊt nˌteɪt //UK // (ˈpəʊtənˌteɪt) //

壮士断腕,壮士,壮士一去不复返,壮丁

Related Words

despot暴君,霸王,霸主,霸王条款king大王majesty威严,庄严,尊严,庄严性ruler执政者,尺子,尺度,尺码queen女王,王后,皇后,女皇autocrat独裁者,专制者,专制主义者,特立独行者sovereign主权,主权国家,主权国,主权者empress女皇,皇后,帝后,女皇帝chief酋长,首席,首长,主任royalty王室成员,王权,王权主义,王室dictator独裁者,独夫,独揽大权者,独揽大权chieftain首领,头目,酋长,首长emperor皇帝,皇上,皇帝陛下,皇室prince王子,太子,王子殿下,王爷leader领导,领导人,领导者,领袖princess公主,公主殿下crowned head冠冕堂皇,冠头,冠冕堂皇的头颅,冠冕堂皇地head of state国家元首,国家首脑,国家领导人,政府首脑

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmonarch
Synonyms
despot暴君,霸王,霸主,霸王条款autocrat独裁者,专制者,专制主义者,特立独行者chief酋长,首席,首长,主任chieftain首领,头目,酋长,首长dictator独裁者,独夫,独揽大权者,独揽大权emperor皇帝,皇上,皇帝陛下,皇室empress女皇,皇后,帝后,女皇帝king大王leader领导,领导人,领导者,领袖majesty威严,庄严,尊严,庄严性prince王子,太子,王子殿下,王爷princess公主,公主殿下queen女王,王后,皇后,女皇royalty王室成员,王权,王权主义,王室ruler执政者,尺子,尺度,尺码sovereign主权,主权国家,主权国,主权者crowned head冠冕堂皇,冠头,冠冕堂皇的头颅,冠冕堂皇地head of state国家元首,国家首脑,国家领导人,政府首脑

Examples

  • Venezuela's oil potentate can't leave office quickly enough, but it might be a while.

  • He remains the unelected potentate of a draconian theocratic dictatorship.

  • Money became a potentate whose power is greater even than that of the president, controlling and outlasting any political fortune.

  • This again was used equally to denote a potentate of either sex, until at last we find the interjection dame!

  • What can be more eloquent than his defence of Benjamin, and his appeal to what seemed to him to be an Egyptian potentate!

  • As soon as the parties were brought in, the judicial potentate eyed them sternly for some time.

  • The American influence has been felt to such an extent that King Jazz is a universal potentate.

  • The great arch-ruler, potentate of hell, Tumbles when Bacon bids him, or his fiends Bow to the force of his pentageron.

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