Associations to the word «Potentate»

Wiktionary

POTENTATE, noun. A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler
POTENTATE, noun. A powerful polity or institution.
POTENTATE, adjective. (obsolete) Regnant, powerful, dominant.

Dictionary definition

POTENTATE, noun. A ruler who is unconstrained by law.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley