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Meaning of despot

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

despot

Pronunciation:/ˈdɛs.pɒt//ˈdɛs.pət/

noun

Definitions

  1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

  2. 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)

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/despot

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