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Ancestral ruler
Answer for the clue "Ancestral ruler ", 6 letters:
dynast
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Word definitions for dynast in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"hereditary ruler," 1630s, from Late Latin dynastes , from Greek dynastes (see dynasty ).
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Usage examples of dynast.
We have no reason to believe the dynast will be less eager to listen and to understand.
Often the dynast completely discomfited those presenting suits to him by leaping up from the throne and circling it several times before returning to it to pronounce judgment.
Such peculiarities led many to misjudge the dynast, considering him nothing but a shallow-minded gamester.
The dynast devoted five complete revolutions around the dais to it, his head bowed, hands clasped behind his back.
Lord High Chancellor had never heard his dynast speak like this, had never heard that crisp and confident voice lowered, awed, even .
If the price we must pay to find help for our people is bending our pride to this dynast then I will kneel gladly at his feet.
A late-rising ruler, as was their current dynast, altered the routine of the entire city.
Duchess of Rift Ridge, marched before the dynast like a common criminal!
The dynast was fair-minded and would not hold his minister responsible for the inadequacies of the cadavers.
The dynast drank off the liquor, tossing it to the back of his throat and swallowing it immediately, as did all experienced stalagma drinkers.
When the cadaver had done so and withdrawn, the dynast lifted his cup, prepared to enjoy the liquor.
The dynast paused in setting up his game board, stared at the young man, eyebrows raised.
Pons was rarely called on to game with his dynast, who had little patience with the unskilled.
He walked over to the gaming table, sat down opposite the dynast, and began arranging the bones in the starting position, which required that they be lined up to resemble the walls of a fortress.
The dynast made an abrupt gesture, and the cadaver lowered the weapon, brought it down butt end against the cavern floor, and resumed standing at attention.