despot
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit दम्पति (dámpati).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]despot (plural despots)
- A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
- 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
- The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an[sic] utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
- (historical) 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)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]ruler with absolute power; tyrant
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References
[edit]- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master”).
Noun
[edit]despot c (singular definite despoten, plural indefinite despoter)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of despot
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | despot | despoten | despoter | despoterne |
genitive | despots | despotens | despoters | despoternes |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- despoti n
- despotisk (adjective)
- despotisme c
Further reading
[edit]- “despot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Greek δεσπότης (despótis).
Noun
[edit]despot m (plural despoți)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | despot | despotul | despoți | despoții | |
genitive-dative | despot | despotului | despoți | despoților | |
vocative | despotule | despoților |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dèspot m (Cyrillic spelling дѐспот)
Declension
[edit]Declension of despot
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).
Noun
[edit]despot c
Declension
[edit]Declension of despot
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