despot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdɛz.pɒt/ (UK)
- /ˈdɛs.pət/ (US)
- /ˈdɛs.pɒt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”). Cognate with Sanskrit दम्पति (dámpati).
Meanings
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A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
- (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)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| despots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
despotat · despotocracy · despotry · archdespot · despotist · despotic · despotical · despotess · despotism · despotize · despotate
Translations (60)
es déspota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · cmn 暴君 (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · hi अधिनायक (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · la tyrannus (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tg мустабид (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · he רודן (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · fr despote (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ka დესპოტი (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · sl despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · lt despotas (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · el δεσπότης (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · cmn 霸王 (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · de Despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ga forlámhaí (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tr zorba (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ar ظَالِم (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · eo despoto (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · be дэ́спат (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · hu despota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · de Despotin (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tr despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · hy բռնակալ (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · pt déspota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · uk де́спот (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ar طَاغِيَة (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · mk деспот (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tr mütegallibe (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · cs despota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · da despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ro despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · hy բռնապետ (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · sv despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ca dèspota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · et despoot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · nl despoot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · fi despootti (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · hu zsarnok (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ko 폭군 (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · nb despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ja 暴君 (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · hu kényúr (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · th ทรราช (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · lv despots (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · sq despot (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ru де́спот (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ar الطَاغِي (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · lo ທໍລະລາດ (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tr müstebit (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ar مُسْتَبِدّ (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · ar طَاغٍ (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tr tiran (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · sk despota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · pl despota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · bg де́спот (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · vi bá vương (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · fa مستبد (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · lo ທໍຣະຣາດ (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · tr diktatör (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · it despota (ruler with absolute power; tyrant) · vi bạo quân (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)