About The Word Despot
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Despot
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What's The Definition Of Despot?
[n] a dictator or dictatorial person
Synonyms | Synonyms for Despot: autocrat | tyrant Related Terms | Find terms related to Despot: absolute monarch | absolute ruler | all-powerful ruler | arrogator | autarch | autocrat | caesar | commissar | czar | dictator | disciplinarian | driver | duce | hard master | martinet | oligarch | oppressor | pharaoh | Simon Legree | slave driver | stickler | strong man | tyrant | usurper | warlord See Also | czar | dictator | Dionysius | Dionysius the Elder | potentate Despot In Webster's Dictionary \Des"pot\, n. [F. despote, LL. despotus, fr. Gr.
despo`ths master, lord, the second part of which is akin to
po`sis husband, and L. potens. See {Potent}.]
1. A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible
ruler or sovereign.
Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally
leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with
despot and tyrant. --C. J. Smith.
2. One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a
tyrant.
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