DESPOT
\dˈɛspɒt], \dˈɛspɒt], \d_ˈɛ_s_p_ɒ_t]\
Definitions of DESPOT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.
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One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.
By Oddity Software
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A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.
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One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] One who possesses absolute power over another; especially, a sovereign invested with absolute power;—an autocrat; one who rules according to his own pleasure, without regard to the constitution, laws, or opinions of the country; a tyrant; an oppressor.
