despot
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despot
- /ˈdɛs.pɒt/ UK
- /ˈdɛz.pɒt/ UK
- /ˈdɛs.pət/ US
Where it comes from
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).
noun despots
- 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.
- 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)
Translations
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noun ruler with absolute power; tyrant
| Español | déspota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 폭군 pokgun |
| 日本語 | 暴君 bōkun |
| 中文 | 暴君 bàojūn, 霸王 bàwáng |
| हिन्दी | अधिनायक adhināyak |
| Português | déspota |
| Français | despote |
| Deutsch | Despot, Despotin |
| Italiano | despota |
| Ελληνικά | δεσπότης despótis |
| Română | despot |
| Русский | де́спот déspot |
| Tiếng Việt | bạo quân, bá vương |
| العربية | طَاغٍ ṭāḡin, الطَاغِي aṭ-ṭāḡī, مُسْتَبِدّ mustabidd, ظَالِم ẓālim, طَاغِيَة ṭāḡiya |
| עברית | רודן rodán |
Talk about this word "despot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/despot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. despot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/despot "despot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/despot.Cite this
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title = {despot},
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