despot (noun)

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• 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 — /ˈdɛspɒt / (say despot) noun 1. an absolute ruler; an autocrat. 2. a tyrant or oppressor. –phrase 3. benevolent despot, a ruler who has the interests of his or her subjects at heart; an enlightened ruler. {Greek despotēs master} …  

• despot — noun when one despot is deposed for another, the cycle of repression continues Syn: tyrant, oppressor, dictator, absolute ruler, totalitarian, autocrat; informal slave driver …   Thesaurus of popular words

• despot — noun Etymology: Middle French despote, from Greek despotēs master, lord, autocrat, from des (akin to domos house) + potēs (akin to posis husband); akin to Sanskrit dampati lord of the house more at dome, potent Date: 1585 1. a. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• despot — noun /ˈdɛs.pɒt/ a) A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant. b) 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… …   Wiktionary

• despot — noun (C) someone such as a ruler who used power in a cruel and unfair way despotic, adjective despotically / kli/ adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• despot — UK [ˈdespɒt] / US [ˈdeˌspɑt] noun [countable] Word forms despot : singular despot plural despots someone who has a lot of power and uses it in a cruel and unreasonable way …   English dictionary

• 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 — [ dɛspɒt] noun a ruler who exercises absolute power, especially in a cruel or oppressive way. Derivatives despotic adjective despotically adverb despotism noun Origin C16: from Fr. despote, via med. L. from Gk despotēs master, absolute ruler …   English new terms dictionary

• despot — des|pot [ de,spat ] noun count someone who has a lot of power and uses it in a cruel and unreasonable way: TYRANT …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• despotic — 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