Category:Puissant

Pu"is*sant, a. Etym: [f., originally, a p. pr. formed fr. L. posse to Be able: cf. L. potens powerful. See potent.]

Defn: powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or Empire. " puissant deeds." Milton. Of puissant nations which the world possessed. Spenser. And worldlings in it are less merciful, and more puissant. Mrs. Browning.