English Explanatory Dictionary

podesta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chief magistrate of various Italian republics and city-states in the Middle Ages.
  2. A municipal administrator during the Italian Fascist regime (1927–43).
name
  1. A surname from Italian.

Word forms

podesta podestas

Etymology

From Italian podesta, from Latin potestas (“power; powerful one”). Doublet of poustie. See potent.

Derived words

podestaressa
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