Meaning of despot

des•pot

Pronunciation: (des'put, -pot), [key]

— n.

a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
any tyrant or oppressor.
an honorary title applied to a Byzantine emperor, afterward to members of his family, and later to Byzantine vassal rulers and governors.

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