des'potical
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despot (ˈdɛspɒt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an absolute or tyrannical ruler; autocrat or tyrant |
| 2. | any person in power who acts tyrannically |
| 3. | a title borne by numerous persons of rank in the later Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires: the despot of Servia |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin despota, from Greek despotēs lord, master; related to Latin domus house] | |
| despotic | |
| —adj | |
| des'potical | |
| —adj | |
| des'potically | |
| —adv | |
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