potentate

[USA]/ˈpəʊtnteɪt/
[UK]/ˈpoʊtnteɪt/
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Oversættelse

n. monark, hersker, magtfuld person.
Word Forms

Udtryk & Fast Sammenstilling

ruling potentate

regerende hersker

absolute potentate

absolut hersker

political potentate

politisk hersker

powerful potentate

magtfuld hersker

corrupt potentate

korrupt hersker

Eksempelsætninger

From the aproned pot-scrubber to the flanneled potentate, everybody liked me, everybody petted me.

Fra den forklædte gryde-skrubber til den flanellede potentat, alle kunne lide mig, alle klappede mig.

The potentate ruled over the kingdom with absolute power.

Ensomt herskede potentaten over kongeriget med absolut magt.

The potentate's extravagant lifestyle was the talk of the town.

Potentatens ekstravagante livsstil var samtalens emne i byen.

The potentate's decree was met with mixed reactions from the people.

Potentatens dekreter blev mødt med blandede reaktioner fra folket.

The potentate's reign was marked by prosperity and stability.

Potentatens regering var præget af velstand og stabilitet.

The potentate's palace was a symbol of wealth and power.

Potentatens palads var et symbol på rigdom og magt.

The potentate's authority was unquestioned by his subjects.

Potentatens autoritet blev ikke sat i spørgsmål af hans undersåtter.

The potentate's army was feared throughout the land.

Potentatens hær var frygtet i hele landet.

The potentate's advisors played a crucial role in shaping his policies.

Potentatens rådgivere spillede en afgørende rolle i udformningen af hans politik.

The potentate's coronation ceremony was a grand affair.

Potentatens kroningsceremoni var en storslået begivenhed.

The potentate's legacy endured long after his reign ended.

Potentatens eftermæle varede længe efter hans regering var endt.

Virkelige Eksempler

8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first potentate on earth.

Kilde: New American Bible

" It is you, " replied the potentate.

Kilde: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

You don't mind the new potentates taking over.

Kilde: Sway

Christendom was split in the 16th century, with the pope and various Protestant potentates vying for control.

Kilde: The Economist Culture

One of the great secrets of England's success with savage races has been her consideration, her respect, her almost reverence of native customs, ceremonies, and potentates.

Kilde: Vancouver Legend

The current Tom Thumb being an 'Arab' potentate who had lived at a Strand hotel for a fortnight, and had disappeared without the formality of paying his bill.

Kilde: A handsome face.

You do not know, you do not feel, that in your own distracted heart and disordered brain dwells the source of that unhappiness which all the potentates on earth cannot relieve.

Kilde: The Sorrows of Young Werther

But when it transpired that a gift of peculiar significance was to follow the congratulations, to give them weight, the inference prevailed that the white potentate and the black had taken simultaneous leave of their fourteen senses.

Kilde: Amateur Thief Rafiz

And there he fell in with a deep, dark, deadly, and destructive war, waged by the princes and potentates of those parts, both spiritual and temporal, against what do you think? One thing I am sure of.

Kilde: Water Child

Now, Phoebe's presence made a home about her, —that very sphere which the outcast, the prisoner, the potentate, —the wretch beneath mankind, the wretch aside from it, or the wretch above it, —instinctively pines after, —a home!

Kilde: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

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