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Word: puissant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Lord Rothermere, puissant maharajah of publication and publicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...Puissant Rajah" Sirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Being in the habit of reading every word in every issue of your magazine, I begin to shrink from again encountering "potent." Why not vary it with "puissant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...Owen D. Young, puissant rajah of electrical utilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Another advantage about East Indian titles such as rajah and maharajah would be that for potent or puissant lady magnates you could say "begum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

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