(~s)
1.
If you refer to someone as an ~, you mean that they have great power and are likely to use it in a bad way. (WRITTEN)
We really don’t want to be the ~s of the Palestinian population...
The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game’s ~s.
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2.
In former times, an ~ was someone who had power over many people.
Henry II was the first king to be recognized as ~ of Ireland.
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