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autarch

[aw-tahrk]

au·tarch

[aw-tahrk]
noun
an absolute ruler; autocrat; tyrant.

Origin:
1860–65; < Greek aútarchos, noun use of aútarchos autocratic, equivalent to aut- aut- + -archos -arch
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