potentate

Etymology
From, from , from , from , the active present participle of.

Noun

 * 1) A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.
 * 2) A powerful polity or institution.
 * 3)  A self-important person.
 * 4)  Someone acting in an important role.
 * 1) A powerful polity or institution.
 * 2)  A self-important person.
 * 3)  Someone acting in an important role.

Usage notes
This term usually carries connotations or implications of ancient despotism before advanced Western conceptions of civil law and Enlightenment values; in other words, a potentate can be described as a king or realm that exercises "raw", absolute power by decree and entrenched in "exotic" customs and traditions (cf. ). For example, a "Hindu potentate" would refer to those s who controlled various small dominions in India before the. Particularly in the second sense, use of "potentate" to refer to Western states even before the modern era is rare, and may even be intended humorously in such a case.

Translations

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: potentat
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic: valdamaður, burgeis,, þjóðhöfðingi
 * Ido:
 * Irish: monarc, rialaitheoir
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: мо́ќник, вла́стелин
 * Manx: flah
 * Middle English: potestat
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cumhachdach
 * Spanish:, , podestá, líder máximo,
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1)  Regnant, powerful, dominant.