Definition of Puissant

1. Adjective. Powerful.

Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Powerful
Derivative terms: Puissance

Definition of Puissant

1. a. Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire.

Definition of Puissant

1. Adjective. Powerful, mighty, having authority. ¹

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Definition of Puissant

1. powerful [adj] - See also: powerful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puissant

pugree
pugrees
pugs
puh
puh-lease
puha
puhas
puir
puirer
puirest
puisne
puisnes
puisny
puissance
puissances
puissant (current term)
puissantly
puissantness
puja
pujah
pujahs
pujari
pujas
puka
pukas
puke
puke up
puked
pukeface
pukefaces

Literary usage of Puissant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish (1905)
"Unto which place the Emperor Maximilian repaired unto the king our sovereign Lord, with a puissant army, like a mighty and friendly prince, taking of the ..."

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