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despotat

noun
/ˈdɛspətæt/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French despotat; equivalent to despot + -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office). Compare despotate.

  1. derived from δεσπότης
  2. derived from despota
  3. derived from despote
  4. borrowed from despote
  5. formed as despotat — “despot + -ate”

Definitions

  1. The government or domain of a despot.

    • In Northern Greece the Greek despotat of Epeiros died out, to leave us in a bewildering confusion of shifting powers

The neighborhood

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