podesta

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: po=des=ta

CIDE DICTIONARY

podesta, n. [It. podestà, fr. L. potestas power, magistracy. See Potent.].

•  One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.  Brande & C.  [1913 Webster]
•  A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

podesta

Judge

N judge, justice, justiciar, justiciary, chancellor, justice of assize, judge of assize, recorder, common sergeant, puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge, conservator of the peace, justice of the peace, J, P, court, magistrate, police magistrate, beak, his worship, his honor, his lordship, jury, twelve men in a box, Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron, Mr, Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice, Baron, Baron of the Exchequer, jurat, assessor, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee, referendary, revising barrister, domesman, censor, barmaster, ephor, grand juror, grand juryman, juryman, talesman, archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi, Rhadamanthus, litigant, judicial, a Daniel come to judgment.