dynast
Example Sentences
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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
Farrar became the paper’s first crossword puzzle editor, the founding dynast of the Hapsburgs of the crossword empire.
From New York Times
Many parties are like personal fiefs run by dominant personalities and dynasts, and lacking inner-party democracy - conditions, which help "opportunistic candidates with deep pockets".
From BBC
Macron’s second-round opponent was Marine Le Pen, the hard-bitten dynast of the racist, xenophobic far-right Front National.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
