potentate
🇬🇧 UK/'pәutәnteit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
A powerful ruler or monarch with great authority
有权势的统治者,君主
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.absolute potentate专制君主
- 2.foreign potentate外国权贵
- 3.[local potentate]地方权贵
- 4.powerful potentate权势滔天的统治者
Example Sentences
- 1.
The ancient potentate ruled his vast empire with an iron fist.
- 2.
Foreign dignitaries gathered to pay tribute to the aging potentate.