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Webster 1913 Edition

Podesta

Po-des′ta

,

Noun.

[It.

podestà

, fr. L.

potestas

power, magistracy. See

.]

1.

One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.

Brande & C.

2.

A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.