potentiary

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noun

A person invested with power or influence.

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Meanings

nounpotentiary (plural potentiaries)

plural potentiaries

  1. archaicA person invested with power or influence.

    […] Tween Then Woon, a man of sense and prudence, after having been vested with the powers of a potentiary, has been ordered to proceed with a royal letter and presents.

    1833, The Asiatic journal and monthly register

Origin

Has similar roots to potential; potent + -ary, with the addition of an i.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

potentiary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potentiary

MLA

“potentiary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potentiary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potentiary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potentiary.

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