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Meaning of puissance in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈpwɪsəns/

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  1. Noun

    puissance

    Etymology

    late Middle English (in puissance (sense 2)): from Old French, ‘power’, from puissant‘having power’ (see puissant). Sense 1 dates from the 1950s

    Definitions

    1. power to influence or coerce

    Examples

    • « the puissance of the labor vote »

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