potentaten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊtnteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊtnˌteɪt/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s potentat, 1500s– potentate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin potentātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin potentātus power, dominion, in post-classical Latin also a powerful person or ruler (4th cent.) < potent- , potēns potent adj.¹ + -ātus -ate suffix¹. Compare Middle French potentat political power, non-hereditary government (1372–74), Middle French, French potentat sovereign prince, absolute ruler, now also autocrat, tyrant, powerful person (1554), Spanish potentado ruler, powerful person (16th cent.), Portuguese potentado ruler, powerful person (a1608), Italian potentato powerful government or state, ruler, powerful person (a1494).

A. n.

1. A monarch, prince, ruler, esp. an autocratic one. Also: a powerful or influential person; a magnate.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person

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baron1876

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ayatollah1979

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun]

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Elohima1682

head of state1873

the Palace1962

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 Til ȝe alon wil be potentats in þe kirk.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxxi^v No potentate was more piteous nor lorde more bounteous.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D4 Monarch of hell, vnder whose blacke suruey Great Potentates do kneele with awful feare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. vi. 22 But Kings and mightiest Potentates must die, For that's the end of humane miserie.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 706 All obey'd The wonted signal, and superior voice Of thir great Potentate .

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 316 The order [of Knights] rather dreads the Remissness and wonted Lukewarmness of the Catholic Potentates.

1769 T. Gray Ode at Installation Duke of Grafton 37 High potentates and dames of royal birth.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 189 A daughter of the one-eyed potentate Comcomly, who held sway over the fishing tribe of the Chinooks, and had long supplied the factory with smelts and sturgeons.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 39 The mightiest potentate of the East.

1934 H. Nicolson Diary 10 Feb. in Diaries & Lett. (2004) ii. 112 She had an affair with the Crown Prince Rudolf or Archduke Leopold or someone—anyway a potent potentate to be.

1972 E. H. Gombrich Story of Art xv. 211 The artist granted a favour to a rich prince or potentate by accepting a commission from him.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Aug. 56/3 The American take on Chávez—advanced by advertising and casino executives, pay-per-view potentates and Armani-clad sports-marketing types.

2. A powerful city, state, or institution; = power n.¹ 8c. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation

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power1658

great power1660

world power1855

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. 94 Carthage grew so great a Potentate, that [etc.].

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) iv. v. 69 Fiftly yf that fayled, to take in assistaunce of some forreigne Potentates, as Spaine, or Brabant, delivering vnto them Vtricht, Nimweghen, Bergen op zone, and the Brill.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 325 The best Security against any future Designs or Attempts from the French, or any other Potentate.

1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. II in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 392/1 Again there has been an universal war raging between Greece and a great foreign potentate. Again this enemy of Greece is called Asia.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 130 Nothing indicated that the East India Company would ever become a great Asiatic potentate.

2005 Polish News Bull. (Nexis) 24 Aug. PO claims that the gas potentate should remain in the hands of the state along with other ten companies of strategic importance to the state.

†B. adj.

Powerful, ruling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [adjective]

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hogana1672

swayful1767

reverend1826

oomphy1955

kick-ass1977

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxv. 54 This spider hath vsurpedlie growne To potentate state.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 50/2 Those mighty and potentat Lordes.

1650 S. Fairclough Prisoners Praises 39 Execute..the spirit of mortification upon your potentate and predominate sins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	potentate
释义	potentaten.adj. Brit. /ˈpəʊtnteɪt/, U.S. /ˈpoʊtnˌteɪt/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s potentat, 1500s– potentate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin potentātus. Etymology: < classical Latin potentātus power, dominion, in post-classical Latin also a powerful person or ruler (4th cent.) < potent- , potēns potent adj.¹ + -ātus -ate suffix¹. Compare Middle French potentat political power, non-hereditary government (1372–74), Middle French, French potentat sovereign prince, absolute ruler, now also autocrat, tyrant, powerful person (1554), Spanish potentado ruler, powerful person (16th cent.), Portuguese potentado ruler, powerful person (a1608), Italian potentato powerful government or state, ruler, powerful person (a1494). A. n. 1. A monarch, prince, ruler, esp. an autocratic one. Also: a powerful or influential person; a magnate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person mightfula1325 mightya1382 potestatec1384 mightanda1400 potentatec1475 potent1568 leviathan1606 grandeur1632 strongman1764 huzoor1776 hegemon1829 prince1841 boyar1846 power-holder1854 baron1876 overlord1908 ayatollah1979 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] princec1225 sovereign1297 monarch?a1439 royc1440 royalc1440 regala1450 crown1474 potentatec1475 throne1593 mulai1594 Monarcho1598 sovran1649 sceptre-holder1655 Elohima1682 head of state1873 the Palace1962 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 Til ȝe alon wil be potentats in þe kirk. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxxi^v No potentate was more piteous nor lorde more bounteous. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D4 Monarch of hell, vnder whose blacke suruey Great Potentates do kneele with awful feare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. vi. 22 But Kings and mightiest Potentates must die, For that's the end of humane miserie. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 706 All obey'd The wonted signal, and superior voice Of thir great Potentate . View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 316 The order [of Knights] rather dreads the Remissness and wonted Lukewarmness of the Catholic Potentates. 1769 T. Gray Ode at Installation Duke of Grafton 37 High potentates and dames of royal birth. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 189 A daughter of the one-eyed potentate Comcomly, who held sway over the fishing tribe of the Chinooks, and had long supplied the factory with smelts and sturgeons. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 39 The mightiest potentate of the East. 1934 H. Nicolson Diary 10 Feb. in Diaries & Lett. (2004) ii. 112 She had an affair with the Crown Prince Rudolf or Archduke Leopold or someone—anyway a potent potentate to be. 1972 E. H. Gombrich Story of Art xv. 211 The artist granted a favour to a rich prince or potentate by accepting a commission from him. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Aug. 56/3 The American take on Chávez—advanced by advertising and casino executives, pay-per-view potentates and Armani-clad sports-marketing types. 2. A powerful city, state, or institution; = power n.¹ 8c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation potentate1624 power1658 great power1660 world power1855 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. 94 Carthage grew so great a Potentate, that [etc.]. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) iv. v. 69 Fiftly yf that fayled, to take in assistaunce of some forreigne Potentates, as Spaine, or Brabant, delivering vnto them Vtricht, Nimweghen, Bergen op zone, and the Brill. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 325 The best Security against any future Designs or Attempts from the French, or any other Potentate. 1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. II in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 392/1 Again there has been an universal war raging between Greece and a great foreign potentate. Again this enemy of Greece is called Asia. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 130 Nothing indicated that the East India Company would ever become a great Asiatic potentate. 2005 Polish News Bull. (Nexis) 24 Aug. PO claims that the gas potentate should remain in the hands of the state along with other ten companies of strategic importance to the state. †B. adj. Powerful, ruling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] mightyeOE craftyeOE richeOE strongeOE wieldeOE mainstrongOE mightOE keena1000 mightfullOE mainfulc1225 reighc1225 starkc1275 boldc1300 fort13.. mightandc1350 strengthya1382 mightifula1400 bigc1400 powerfulc1450 puissant?c1450 mananta1500 mighteousa1500 potenta1500 potential?c1500 vailing1508 forcible1555 potentate1556 swingeing1567 powerable1580 strong-handed1598 strengthful1604 hogen mogen1648 powerlike1657 pollent1660 hogana1672 swayful1767 reverend1826 oomphy1955 kick-ass1977 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxv. 54 This spider hath vsurpedlie growne To potentate state. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 50/2 Those mighty and potentat Lordes. 1650 S. Fairclough Prisoners Praises 39 Execute..the spirit of mortification upon your potentate and predominate sins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1475
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