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au⋅tarch

  [aw-tahrk]
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–noun
an absolute ruler; autocrat; tyrant.
Origin:
1860–65; < Gk aútarchos, n. use of aútarchos autocratic, equiv. to aut- aut- + -archos -arch
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au·tarch   (ô'tärk)   
n.  An absolute ruler; a despot.

[Greek autarkhos, self-governing, autarch; see autarchy1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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