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despot

noun
/ˈdɛs.pɒt/UK/ˈdɛs.pət/US

Etymology

From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”). Cognate with Sanskrit दम्पति (dámpati).

  1. derived from δεσπότης
  2. derived from despota
  3. derived from despote
  4. borrowed from despote

Definitions

  1. A ruler with absolute power

    A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

    • The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.

  2. A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire,…

    A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

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