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Meanings of despot in English

Portuguese
autócrata
Catalan
tirà
Spanish
autócrata

A cruel and oppressive dictator.

        autócrata
        Russian
        деспот
        Portuguese
        déspota
        Catalan
        despotat
        Spanish
        déspota
        f. despotess

        Heir apparent to the emperor or senior court official.

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              Usage of despot in English
              1
              Despotism is the madness of power; in women the despot is caprice.
              Poor Relations
              2
              That despot must have a plastic surgery week in and week out.
              The South African
              3
              An evilly disposed despot could have used it to practice unspeakable oppression.
              The End of Man?
              4
              In the firm of Bannister & Co. he was an untrammelled despot.
              The Coming of Bill
              5
              This despot was one of the most remarkable men of the period.
              A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
              6
              He was active & progressive but eccentric and a despot at home.
              The new yorker
              7
              Strong in him it was, and untrammelled of that murderous despot Fear.
              Animal Heroes
              8
              A despot always has his good moments; an assembly of despots never.
              Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
              9
              Joseph II was not the only benevolent despot who met with discouragement.
              A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
              10
              The whole place proclaimed itself to be the whim of a despot.
              The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
              11
              A despot must feel that he is the pivot of the State.
              The English Constitution
              12
              Once upon a time there was an ancient despot called Konosuke Tsuru.
              Number9Dream
              13
              The king of Naples and Sicily, Francis II., was a typical despot.
              General History for Colleges and High Schools
              14
              Carlyle had an admiration for the despot, while the Italian loathed tyranny.
              Heroes of Modern Europe
              15
              And this brings us to that mysterious and impalpable despot, the Censor.
              The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
              16
              The sovereign of Hanover was a positive despot, both politically and socially.
              A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
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