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Grammar : Noun
Spell : des-puh t, -pot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs pət, -pɒt


Définition of despot

Origin :
  • 1560s, "absolute ruler," from Old French despot (14c.), from Medieval Latin despota, from Greek despotes "master of a household, lord, absolute ruler," from PIE *dems-pota-; for first element see domestic (adj.); second element cognate with Latin potis, potens (see potent).
  • Faintly pejorative in Greek, progressively more so as used in various languages for Roman emperors, Christian rulers of Ottoman provinces, and Louis XVI during the French Revolution. The female equivalent was despoina "lady, queen, mistress," source of the proper name Despina.
  • noun dictator
Example sentences :
  • Other arts were employed by the despot for the attainment of his desires.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • The legislator must purify them, and if he be not a despot he will find this task to be a difficult one.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Isn't it almost enough to justify a man like Rossi that he has to meet a despot like that?
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He had dethroned the despot, and the honors were his by right of conquest.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • Or if there is a despot, 'tis the king's jester, who laughs at the king as well as all his subjects.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • His tone was exactly that of a despot dismissing his slaves.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • It was to her that for which a despot is recorded to have longed in vain—a new pleasure.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • And down with the power of the despot,Wherever his strongholds may be.
  • Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
  • "Oh, I don't mean this guy's a tyrant or despot," he added quickly.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
  • At command of that minute despot I began to toil frenziedly.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland

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