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Definition of Despot
1. Noun. A cruel and oppressive dictator.
Specialized synonyms: Czar
Generic synonyms: Dictator, Potentate
Derivative terms: Autocratic, Despotic, Despotic, Despotic, Despotical, Tyrannize, Tyrannize, Tyrannous
Definition of Despot
1. n. A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.
Definition of Despot
1. Noun. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant. ¹
2. Noun. 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) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Despot
1. a tyrant [n -S] : DESPOTIC [adj] - See also: tyrant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despot
Literary usage of Despot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Maine by William Graham (1899)
"A man of extraordinary ability and energy is postulated for all this power of
selection, and all this labour — in fact, the good despot would shrink from 21 ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession: Or Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1864)
"CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS THE DEMOCRAT AND despot DIVERSE GRADES OF despotISM
DEVELOPMENTS OF DEMOCRACY ... So that the democrat and the despot, the friend and ..."
3. Problems in Greek History by John Pentland Mahaffy (1892)
"But at this period a despot, if he ruled over a large dominion, called himself
a king; ... has a very the "despot bad reputation in Greek history. ..."
4. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"TIMOTHEUS despot. caution to avoid begetting children of his own by his wife.1
... he was, however, still a despot, and retained the characteristic marks of ..."
5. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"His last military expedition was against Michael II., despot of Epirus. ...
The despot Michael, seeing the heart of his dominions laid open to invasion, ..."
6. A General History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by George William Cox (1876)
"Acknowledged as despot, hi- ruled with a beneficence rarely seen in Hellenic
autocrats, administering an ..."
7. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"... determined to become a benevolent despot CHAPTER X THE ENLIGHTENED despotS OF
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Section JO. Reforms of Frederick II, Catherine II, ..."
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