0 a ruler who has a lot of power, especially one whose power is not limited, for example by the existence of a parliament --
Is this the only potentate who refuses to keep quiet without a subsidy?
Who will go to the expense of bidding when such a potentate with such a purse enters the fray?
I shall have some hesitation about tackling the potentate again.
They must say that they will defend the monarch from "foreign prelates, potentates and powers".
It may be that on occasions, tired after their day's work, perhaps entertaining visiting potentates, they drive home in their company car.
Such people will know what weight these potentates attach to being treated with full recognition of their dignity and prestige.
Nobody flatters himself he is a potentate with any great power, and nobody demands any privileges.
There are, however, other potentates who roam about the country from whom the threat is great.
