Usually means: Rulers with great power, authority.
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  1. potentates: Merriam-Webster
  2. potentates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. potentates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Potentates, potentate's, potentates: Wordnik
  5. potentates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. potentates: Wiktionary
  7. potentates: Dictionary.com
  8. potentates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (potentate)

noun:  A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.
noun:  A powerful polity or institution.
noun:  (derogatory) A self-important person.
noun:  (humorous) Someone acting in an important role.
adjective:  (obsolete) Regnant, powerful, dominant.
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