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How to pronounce potentate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dictator
Type of ruler, swayer
Has types shogun, despot, tyrant, autocrat, strongman

Examples of potentate

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Mike Martin, the Al Menah Shrine potentate, will be on hand to kick off the sale.
From the tennessean.com
Klein, already a formidable fund-raiser, stands to become a soft-money potentate.
From the nytimes.com
Change from below seems imminent once again and the potentate risks to be deposed.
From the sfgate.com
Jimmy Buffett, grand potentate of the Parrotheads, has a new novel, Swine Not?
From the usatoday.com
This article may not really have been written by the potentate of Pyong-yang.
From the washingtontimes.com
Moore serves as chairman of the board and potentate of Abba Shrine Center in Mobile.
From the al.com
John L. Carlisle was elected to lead the Mobile organization as potentate.
From the al.com
They repress their people then the people blame the US for propping up the potentate.
From the economist.com
He is a past potentate of the Midian Shrine Temple and knows just about everybody in town.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Dictator: a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  • Potentate (from the Latin potens, 'powerful') is an informal term for a person with potent, usually supreme, power.
  • A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler
  • To increase the effect(s) of, usually used in reference to the effects of a drug
  • Noun - 1. one who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch 2. one who dominates or leads a group or an endeavor