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51authority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. expert, pundit, know it all (inf.), maven (inf.). See skill, knowledge, authority. II Right to govern Nouns 1. (supremacy) authority, power, right, jurisdiction, title, prerogative; …
52Master — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Master >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 master master padrone Sgm: N 1 lord lord lord paramount Sgm: N 1 commander commander commandant Sgm: N 1 captain captain Sgm: N 1 chief …
53potent — [15] Latin posse (source of English posse and possible) meant ‘be able or powerful’. It was a conflation of an earlier verbal phrase potis esse ‘be able’. The precursor of posse was Old Latin *potēre, whose present participle potēns survived to… …
54prince — n. 1. Sovereign, ruler, monarch, potentate. 2. Sovereign s son (especially the eldest son). 3. Chief, leader, potentate …
55potency — n 1. potentness, powerfulness, power, strength, force; energy, vigor, Inf. punch, Inf. kick, Inf. zip. See power(defs. 2, 3). 2. power, authority, control, command, rule, mastery, domination, dominion, sovereignty; influence, Inf. clout, weight,… …
56power — n 1. ability, capacity, capability, potential, potentiality, the stuff, Inf. what it takes, U.S. Inf. the goods; intelligence, brains, Sl. smarts, mother wit, native ability, mind for; aptitude, talent, faculty, gift, genius, skill, flair, bent,… …
57ὀβριμοδυνάστας — ὀβριμοδυνάστᾱς , ὀβριμοδυνάστης powerful potentate masc acc pl ὀβριμοδυνάστᾱς , ὀβριμοδυνάστης powerful potentate masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic) …
58potent — [15] Latin posse (source of English posse and possible) meant ‘be able or powerful’. It was a conflation of an earlier verbal phrase potis esse ‘be able’. The precursor of posse was Old Latin *potēre, whose present participle potēns survived to… …
59Duvalier — noun 1. son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951) • Syn: ↑Jean Claude Duvalier, ↑Baby Doc • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dictator, ↑potentate 2. oppressive Haitian dictator… …
60Counter potent — Potent Po tent, n. 1. A prince; a potentate. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. [See {Potence}.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are… …
