potentatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpəʊ.tən.teɪt/us/ˈpoʊ.t̬ən.teɪt/literarya ruler who has a lot of power, especially one whose power is not limited, for example by the existence of a parliament
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Powerful people & dictators
- a heavy hitter idiom
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- despot
- dictator
- dictatorial
- establishment
- figurehead
- grey eminence
- heavy
- plutocrat
- power broker
- puissance
- puissant
- strongman
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise
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