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   potentate

   /ˈpəʊtnteɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin potentatus ‘dominion’, from potent- ‘being able or powerful’ (see potent1).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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