dynasty
pronunciation
How to pronounce dynasty in British English:
UK [ˈdɪnəsti]
How to pronounce dynasty in American English:
US [ˈdaɪnəsti]
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- Noun:
- a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
Word Origin
- dynasty (n.)
- mid-15c. (earlier dynastia, late 14c.), from Middle French dynastie and directly from Late Latin dynastia, from Greek dynasteia "power, lordship, sovereignty," from dynastes "ruler, chief," from dynasthai "have power."
Synonym
Example
- 1. The al maktoum dynasty has ruled dubai since 1833 .
- 2. The first is that there has been almost total impunity both for the grasping dynasty and the torturing soldiers who guarded it .
- 3. Yet the advantages of dynasty are diminishing .
- 4. They just wish the dynasty wasn 't ending so soon .
- 5. Some think a dynasty is in the offing .