despot
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
despot (plural despots)
- A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
- (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)
- French: despote
- German: Despot, Despotin
- Italian: despota
- Portuguese: déspota
- Russian: де́спот
- Spanish: déspota
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