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Autocrat

Autocrat Meaning & Definition
Autocrat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Autocrat?

[n] a dictator or dictatorial person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Autocrat: despot | tyrant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Autocrat: absolute monarch | absolute ruler | all-powerful ruler | arrogator | autarch | caesar | commissar | czar | despot | dictator | disciplinarian | driver | duce | hard master | martinet | oligarch | oppressor | pharaoh | Simon Legree | slave driver | stickler | tyrant | usurper | warlord

See Also | czar | dictator | Dionysius | Dionysius the Elder | potentate

Autocrat In Webster's Dictionary

\Au"to*crat\, n. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? strength, ? strong: cf. F. autocrate. See {Hard}, a.] 1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). 2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. --Holmes.

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