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| po·des·ta [ pō déstə, pde st ] (plural po·des·tas) |
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former Italian magistrate: in former times, a chief magistrate or governor of an Italian town, especially during the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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| [Mid-16th century. Via Italian< Latin potestas "power" < potis "powerful"] |
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