presidential

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/

Adjective

presidential

1. Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Presiding or watching over. [17th-19th c.]
3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 20 November:

     I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist.

Translations

• French: présidentiel
• German: vorsitzend
• Italian: presidenziale

Translations

• French: présidentiel
• German: präsidial, Präsidentschaft-
• Italian: presidenziale
• Russian: президе́нтский
• Spanish: presidencial

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