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The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one - of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation.
Louis Sullivan

Meaning of "potentate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POTENTATE

From Late Latin potentātus ruler, from Latin: rule, command, from potens powerful, from posse to be able.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POTENTATE

potentate  [ˈpəʊtənˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTENTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Potentate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTENTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Potentate

Potentate is a term for a person with potent, sometimes supreme, power. In modern English the term is used to describe people with much political or business power.

Definition of potentate in the English dictionary

The definition of potentate in the dictionary is a person who possesses great power or authority, esp a ruler or monarch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTENTATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
annotate
ˈænəʊˌteɪt
archontate
ˈɑːkɒnˌteɪt
bidentate
baɪˈdɛnˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
commentate
ˈkɒmənˌteɪt
decantate
diːˈkænˌteɪt
dementate
dɪˈmɛnˌteɪt
disorientate
dɪsˈɔːrɪənˌteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
fragmentate
ˈfræɡmənˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
orientate
ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt
precipitate
prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt
reorientate
riːˈɔːrɪənˌteɪt
segmentate
ˈsɛɡmənˌteɪt
sustentate
ˈsʌstənˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTENTATE

potent
potential
potential difference
potential divider
potential energy
potential well
potentialities
potentiality
potentially
potentiary
potentiate
potentiation
potentiator
potentilla
potentiometer
potentiometric
potentiometry
potentize
potently
potentness

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTENTATE

ambidentate
amphidentate
cantate
city-state
dentate
edentate
estate
interstate
multidentate
out-of-state
placentate
predentate
prostate
real estate
rotate
simplicidentate
solid-state
state
tridentate
Under-Secretary of State

Synonyms and antonyms of potentate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POTENTATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «potentate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of potentate

Translation of «potentate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTENTATE

Find out the translation of potentate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potentate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potentate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

君主
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

potentado
570 millions of speakers

English

potentate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महाराजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

potentate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

властелин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

potentado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষমতাবান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

potentat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkuasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Potentat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

支配者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potentate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vua chuyên chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீரியமுள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉवरटेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hükümdar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

potentato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potentatem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

владар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potentat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηγεμόνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

potentaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potentate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potentate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTENTATE»

The term «potentate» is normally little used and occupies the 125.199 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTENTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «potentate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «potentate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potentate

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QUOTES WITH «POTENTATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word potentate.
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Louis Sullivan
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one - of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTENTATE»

Discover the use of potentate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potentate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Potentate of Walking Horse
The town is a 100-year experiment, established by extraterrestrials, and the experiment is about to end. Moonshinners, cannibals, crooked politicians and greed play a role in the inevitable showdown with The Potentate of Walking Horse.
Gary Lendennie, 2012
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The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate
On the television sponsors.
Erik Barnouw, 1978
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In Praise of Flattery
There are a thousand things a flatterer can do to win a potentate's regard, but a thousand are too many to list or remember. Here are the top ten. 1. Emulate the potentate.9 2. Be visibly diligent in your labor. 3. Cheer up the potentate. “A good  ...
Willis Goth Regier, 2007
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The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement ...
Opening. Speech. by. Gabriel. M. Johnson,. ' UNIA. High. Potentate. [ [New York, August 1, 1922] ] Dear Fellowmen and Women of the Race: It becomes my pleasing duty to again appear before you as the titular head of this organization to ...
Robert A. Hill, 1985
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Interests and Power as Drivers of Community Forestry: A Case ...
Prestige is the credibility of a potentate's appearance and reputation is the sum of the experiences with the same actor in the past. A reputed potentate has been positively evaluated by the social entity of subordinates. Too them, he has a ...
Rosan Raj Devkota, 2010
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The Unity of God Not Inconsistent with the Divinity of ...
But to return y-. befides this, the Eunuch mention'd Aft. viii. is call'd a Potentate t v. 27. A Matt of Ethiopia, an Eunuch of great Authority under Candace. In the Gretk. it runs thus,- An Eunuch a Potentate under Candace. For rtis the very fame ...
Joseph Hallet, 1720
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Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, ...
Sensing this lack Potentate Hynds sponsored the formation of Yaarab Patrol, which, through the years has won high praise at Imperial Council sessions for its excellent and original drill formations.18 In 1912 Past Potentate Adair was again  ...
Franklin M. Garrett, 2011
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Potentate: A Peter Talbot Enigma
Can heaven touch the earth? And what happens when it does? An angel's touch is one thing, but the touch of a potentate is another. And sometimes heaven's embrace can be deathly cold and so very deep dark.
Tiberius Fox, 2012
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The Ramessides, Medes, and Persians
History says that during the reign of the Neo-As- syrian King Ashurbanipal, Egypt was administered by a native potentate named Psamtek, son of Necho, and that sometime near the end of Psamtek's reign, the kingdom of the Nile regained its ...
Emmet John Sweeney, 2008
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The Rainbow, a magazine of Christian literature
Now, let us inquire whether there is trace of such a personage in the Apocalypse, or in the prophecies of the elder dispensation. We find in connection with the last great potentate, another "beast [therein] coming up out of the earth, and it had ...
‎1867

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTENTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potentate is used in the context of the following news items.
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N400m cars and curbing government waste
Occupying public office does not entitle anybody to live like a medieval potentate. Some notable world leaders travel by commercial airlines, ... «The Punch, Jul 15»
2
Book Review: 'Buzz' puts a whole new spin on mosquitoes
An Osama bin Laden-type character plots a terrorist strike in the U.S. A Saudi Arabian potentate seeking medical treatment at Mayo Clinic ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
3
There are various civic clubs in the area
JERICHO SHRINE TEMPLE: Kingsport, Tenn., 1100 Jericho Dr.; second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Elbert (Smi-ley) Bridwell, potentate, 423-323-1982 ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
4
Dryads and Hamadryads
... favorite anecdote in The Last Days of Hitler—the description of Hermann Göring dressed as an Oriental potentate—from the well of their bitter ... «Washington Free Beacon, Jul 15»
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Usain Bolt must be careful not to trample on innocent dreams
This weekend, at least, he is a potentate in his palace, rather than a five-star fugitive whose travel plans have been complicated by the US ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Radliff, Lawrence Ray
In 2001, he became the Potentate of Ainad temple, which includes all of Southern Illinois. The critical goal of the Shriners is helping children ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»
7
ISIL is a problem, but not America's problem
... solution any more than American's drug problem is susceptible to a solution engineered in some Middle Eastern potentate. Those most ... «Politico, Jul 15»
8
Obama's Impact On Kenyatta's Imprimatur
Despite his blood ties to the country, his return as global potentate has been long in the making and, for most of his tenure, has seemed most ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Global economic termites are eating away gold price foundations
Executives from oil companies queued up at his palace gates for an audience with the potentate, who had grown up in a period when piracy ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Sylviah Kupers
She was also very active in Scimitar Shrine Temple, where her husband is a past potentate. She graduated from Mansfield High School in 1958 ... «Times Record, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Potentate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/potentate>. Apr 2024 ».
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