Potentate:
[POH-tihn-tayt]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 16th
century
1. A powerful ruler,
usually a monarch or dictator
2. Anyone with
unlimited power or influence
Examples used in a sentence:
1. The potentate’s
laws were unpopular, but no one had the courage to speak against him.
2. The chef runs his
kitchen like a potentate – what he says goes, and you’d better obey
quickly.
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