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   Pu·is·sance

   /ˈpwis(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a competitive test of a horse's ability to jump large obstacles in show jumping: "nine horses contested last night's Puissance"
   • 2. great power, influence, or prowess. archaic, literary

   Word Origin late Middle English (in puissance (sense 2)): from Old French, ‘power’, from puissant ‘having power’ (see puissant). Sense 1 dates from the 1950s.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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