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dynast

American  
[dahy-nast, -nuhst, din-ast] / ˈdaɪ næst, -nəst, ˈdɪn æst /

noun

  1. a ruler or potentate, especially a hereditary ruler.

dynast British  
/ ˈdɪnəst, -æst /

noun

  1. a ruler, esp a hereditary one

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Etymology

Origin of dynast

1625–35; < Latin dynastēs < Greek dynástēs, equivalent to dýnas ( thai ) to rule + -tēs agent suffix

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Her father was one of Dynast Solomon Rothschild's five grandsons.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the inscriptions of Sargon of Assyria we know one “Arbaku Dynast of Arnashia” as one of forty-five chiefs of Median districts who paid tribute to Sargon in 713 B.C.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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