dynast
Example Sentences
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In doing so, Mr. Schlossberg serves as a useful reminder that political dynasts don’t deserve a leg up in American politics.
His naïveté and intellectual stubbornness also led Lilla to believe, as late as 2016, that the Bushes and the Clintons would continue to be the dynasts of their respective parties.
From Salon
“He’s a fifth generation dynast and came with a lot of historical baggage,” the political analyst explains.
From BBC
But the novel becomes more intriguing once you know its rural Virginian petty dynasts correspond to the Tudors at the height of British rule.
From Los Angeles Times
The dynast Gotabaya Rajapaksa was leading the administration at the time, and he had appointed his brothers and his nephew to his cabinet.
From New York Times
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