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• despot — DESPÓT, despoţi, s.m. 1. (În antichitate şi în evul mediu) Conducător cu puteri discreţionare; tiran. ♦ fig. Persoană excesiv de autoritară, care, în acţiunile sale, nu ţine seama de alţii, care vrea să şi impună cu orice preţ voinţa. 2. (În… …   Dicționar Român

• Despot (court title) — Despot (from Greek: δεσπότης, despotēs, lord, master ; in Bulgarian and Serbian: деспот, despot), was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons in law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir apparent. From… …   Wikipedia

• despot — 1560s, absolute ruler, from O.Fr. despot (14c.), from M.L. despota, from Gk. despotes master of a household, lord, absolute ruler, from PIE *dems pota ; for first element see DOMESTIC (Cf. domestic) (adj.); second element cognate with L. potis,… …   Etymology dictionary

• despot — ► NOUN ▪ a ruler with absolute power, especially one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way. DERIVATIVES despotic adjective despotism noun. ORIGIN Greek despot s master, absolute ruler …   English terms dictionary

• Despot — 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• despot — index dictator Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 despot n. A ruler with absolute powe …   Law dictionary

• despot — [des′pət] n. [OFr despote < Gr despotēs, a master, lord < IE * dems potis, lit., house master < * dem , house (> TIMBER, L domus) + * potis, master, husband (> L potis, POTENT, Goth faths, husband)] 1. Archaic a title meaning… …   English World dictionary

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• despot — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. oppressor, autocrat, tyrant; see dictator . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [DES put] an absolute ruler, an autocrat. The despot completely oppressed the citizenry. SYN.: autocrat, tyrant, dictator,… …   English dictionary for students

• Despot — Des·po̲t der; en, en; 1 ein Herrscher, der die absolute Macht besitzt und meist mit Gewalt über seine Untertanen herrscht: Nero war ein Despot 2 pej; jemand, der seine Macht dazu benutzt, andere zu unterdrücken ≈ ↑Tyrann (1) || NB: der Despot;… …   Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

• despot — [16] The ultimate source of despot is Greek despótēs ‘lord’. It is related to Sanskrit dampati ‘master of the house’, and both probably go back to an Indo European compound formed from *domo ‘house’ (source of Latin domus ‘house’, and hence of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins