potentate

Example Sentences

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Stripping away the amour propre of a nuclear-armed potentate is a dangerous business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

With the cabinet not having met since 2018, all power flows through him, and like a potentate he receives a string of local officials and foreign dignitaries at his retreat.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

At last year’s Barcelona Olympics, he was treated more as a potentate or rock star than a basketball player.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

There, he walked down the street like a benign potentate, accepting compliments and memories, shaking hands and taking pictures with people on every corner.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2017

I forget how the great question was compromised, but there is no doubt that the King of Burmah considers himself the greatest potentate 299 on earth.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)