Definitions for potentate

potentate po·ten·tate

Spelling: [poht-n-teyt]
IPA: /ˈpoʊt nˌteɪt/

Potentate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in potentate (aeenopttt).

Definitions for potentate

noun

  1. a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.

Origin of potentate

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin potentātus potentate, Latin: power, dominion. See potent1, -ate<

Examples for potentate

The potentate glanced at the pianist, and then dropped his heavy eyelids.

They know no gratitude, and they would not cringe to the greatest Christian potentate.

I don't know whether that potentate ever communicated with me.

The vassal of the king of France was now a European potentate.

potentate to potentate, duke—so long as you are on my territory, be it understood.

The potentate saw that flash of glory, and put himself "on-side."

The reports as to the fidelity of that potentate were not to be believed.

As a matter of fact, the newcomer did not look in the least like an Eastern potentate.

Money became a potentate whose power is greater even than that of the president, controlling and outlasting any political fortune.

Having the potentate and the whole Nenni caste slaughtered isn't part of them.

Word Value for potentate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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