PUISSANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Power to influence or coerce

Example:

the puissance of the labor vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("puissance" is a kind of...):

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Derivation:

puissant (powerful)

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