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potentate After 18 years as president of the college, he wielded power like a medieval potentate, and no one on the faculty or staff dared to challenge him. ˈpoʊtənˌteɪt

Accepted Answer

A powerful ruler. Like such titles as grand vizier, caliph, and khan, potentate summons up thoughts of absolute rulers of an earlier age in such lands as Turkey, Persia, and India. It often suggests a person who uses power or authority in a cruel and unjust way—that is, a tyrant. Today, though it's still used as a title by the organization called the Shriners, it's more often used humorously (“Supreme Intergalactic Potentate,” “Potentate of Pasta,” etc.).

word	potentate
definition	A powerful ruler.
eg_sentence	After 18 years as president of the college, he wielded power like a medieval potentate, and no one on the faculty or staff dared to challenge him.
explanation	Like such titles as grand vizier, caliph, and khan, potentate summons up thoughts of absolute rulers of an earlier age in such lands as Turkey, Persia, and India. It often suggests a person who uses power or authority in a cruel and unjust way—that is, a tyrant. Today, though it's still used as a title by the organization called the Shriners, it's more often used humorously (“Supreme Intergalactic Potentate,” “Potentate of Pasta,” etc.).
IPA	ˈpoʊtənˌteɪt

Potentate Power Powerful Ruler Years President College Wielded