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despot

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9
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Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛs.pɒt/(UK)
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/ˈdɛs.pɒt/(UK) · /ˈdɛz.pɒt/(UK) · /ˈdɛs.pət/(US)

Definition of despot

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
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noun

  1. 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. (historical)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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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).

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