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despot 音标拼音: [d'ɛspət]
n. 专制君主,暴君 专制君主,暴君 despot n 1: a cruel and oppressive dictator [synonym: {tyrant}, {autocrat}, {despot}] Despot \Des"pot\, n. [F. despote, LL. despotus, fr. Gr. despo`ths master, lord, the second part of which is akin to po`sis husband, and L. potens. See {Potent}.] 1. A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign. [1913 Webster] Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with despot and tyrant. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster] 2. One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant. [1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for "despot": Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, strong man, tyrant, usurper, warlord DESPOT. This word, in its most simple and original acceptation, signifies
master and supreme lord; it is synonymous with monarch; but, taken in bad part, as it is usually employed, it signifies a tyrant. In some states, despot is the title given to the sovereign, as king is given in others. Encyc. Lond.
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