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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-derived
potentpowerful, able, capable
+
ateto make, having
=potentate

Common 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.

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