dynast
a ruler or potentate, especially a hereditary ruler.
Origin of dynast
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How to use dynast in a sentence
Then follows Halicarnasus, formerly called Zephyra, the royal seat of the dynasts of Caria.
No dynasts in modern times, not even the Bourbons nor the Habsburgs, have been more obsessed with the pride of race.
German Problems and Personalities | Charles SaroleaReaders will readily discern, too, that The Dynasts is intended simply for mental performance, and not for the stage.
The Dynasts | Thomas HardyIn the Persian epoch, native dynasts established themselves in Caria and even extended their rule over the Greek cities.
The dukes of Mecklenburg alone, of all the numerous dynasts of Germany, are of Slavonic extraction.
The Ethnology of Europe | Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for dynast
/ (ˈdɪnəst, -æst) /
a ruler, esp a hereditary one
Origin of dynast
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