PUISSANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puissance mean? 

• PUISSANCE (noun)
  The noun PUISSANCE has 1 sense:

1. power to influence or coerce

  Familiarity information: PUISSANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUISSANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Power to influence or coerce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the puissance of the labor vote

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

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Derivation:

puissant (powerful)