POTENTATE


Meaning of POTENTATE in English

noun

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■ ADJECTIVE

foreign

Or even some other foreign potentate ...?

Rather than defending society, the young men attack it and exalt macho foreign potentates and desperadoes.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Eastern potentates

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About the only way to be a harem-guarding potentate nowadays is to start a cult and brainwash potential concubines about your holiness.

Bishoprics were most commonly the reward for service to one or other important secular potentate .

Like any Eastern potentate he was celebrated for his wives.

Obviously we would have to be prepared to see the potentates who control the club to obtain permission to work in it.

Or even some other foreign potentate ...?

Rather than defending society, the young men attack it and exalt macho foreign potentates and desperadoes.

Sources say Gumbel was summoned there by none other than the potentate of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates.

Various potentates from neighboring islands claimed the prize.

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