Английский Этимологический словарь - despot
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Despot
despot
- 1585, from M.L. despota, from Gk. despotes "master of a household, lord, absolute ruler." Faintly pejorative in Gk., progressively moreso as used in various languages for Roman emperors, Christian rulers of Ottoman provinces, and Louis XVI during the French Revolution. Despotism (1727) is from Fr. despotisme.
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1.
~ n someone such as a ruler who used power in a cruel and unfair way - despotic adj - despotically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(despots) A despot is a ruler or other person who has a lot of power and who uses it unfairly or cruelly. = tyrant, dictator N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Greek ~es master, lord, autocrat, from des- (akin to domos house) + -potes (akin to posis husband); akin to Sanskrit dampati lord of the house — more at dome, potent Date: 1585 1. a. a Byzantine emperor or prince b. a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church c. an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance 2. a. a ruler with absolute power and authority b. a person exercising power tyrannically ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an absolute ruler. 2 a tyrant or oppressor. Derivatives despotic adj. despotically adv. Etymology: F despote f. med.L despota f. Gk despotes master, lord ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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