English Dictionary

potentate

/ˈpəʊ.tən.teɪt/

noun

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler. / A powerful polity or institution. / (derogatory) A self-important person. / (humorous) Someone acting in an important role.

The potentate ruled over the kingdom with an iron fist.

意味（1）

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies… (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

意味（2）

A powerful polity or institution.

意味（3）

(derogatory) A self-important person.

意味（4）

(humorous) Someone acting in an important role.

Those foreigners, thought the female potentate of the Sun, won't know what to order; but I'll show them what a good supper is.