despot
/DESS-put/nouna ruler who holds absolute, often oppressive power
“The despot renamed the calendar after himself.”
- Synonyms
- tyrant, dictator, autocrat
- Antonyms
- democrat
- Memory hook
- despot: the master no one may question.
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