dynast
Example Sentences
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But the novel becomes more intriguing once you know its rural Virginian petty dynasts correspond to the Tudors at the height of British rule.
From Los Angeles Times
Farrar became the paper’s first crossword puzzle editor, the founding dynast of the Hapsburgs of the crossword empire.
From New York Times
But he is not the only dynast to be booted out.
From BBC
And I think one of the most remarkable things about this election is how many of those dynasts have actually lost in some ways.
From The New Yorker
“It is almost impossible these days in most Indian states affiliated with a major party unless you are a dynast, a celebrity with your own mass base or someone independently wealthy,” Vaishnav says.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
