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# potentate

«potentate» in Mova's school dictionary: **A ruler, usually a king or prince, who has great power…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (potentates)

### meaning for a pupil

A ruler, usually a king or prince, who has great power over other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potentate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a grand and powerful king, far above a poor woodcutter.

### examples

- The woodcutter did not become a potentate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potentate/#x1)
- The old potentate lived in a golden palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potentate/#x2)
- A potentate can order many people about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potentate/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «potentate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potentate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.