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Definition of: podesta
(pō·des′tə, Ital. pō′des·tä′) noun
1. A chief magistrate in the medieval Italian republics.
2. One of the governors of the Lombard cities appointed by Frederick I.
3. A subordinate municipal judge in Fascist Italy. [<Ital. podestà <L potestas power]
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