英语词汇“potentate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

potentate

/ˈpəʊt(ə)nteɪt

noun

A monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one.The Dutch tried to put it together and were able to keep it together through playing sultans and local princes and potentates off against one another for several centuries....

Chiefs and rajas, sultans and potentates succumbed to western authority with no apparent regret on the part of their subjects.
Like Renaissance princes, its potentates create their own moral universe.

Synonyms

ruler, head of state, monarch, sovereign, king, queen, emperor, empress, prince, tsar, crowned head, mogul, dynast, overlord, leader

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin potentatus 'dominion', from potent- 'being able or powerful' (see potent¹).

单词	potentate
释义	potentate /ˈpəʊt(ə)nteɪt / noun A monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one.The Dutch tried to put it together and were able to keep it together through playing sultans and local princes and potentates off against one another for several centuries.... Chiefs and rajas, sultans and potentates succumbed to western authority with no apparent regret on the part of their subjects. Like Renaissance princes, its potentates create their own moral universe. Synonyms ruler, head of state, monarch, sovereign, king, queen, emperor, empress, prince, tsar, crowned head, mogul, dynast, overlord, leader Origin Late Middle English: from Latin potentatus 'dominion', from potent- 'being able or powerful' (see potent¹).
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