despotat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French despotat; equivalent to despot + -ate
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
despotat (plural despotats)
- The government or domain of a despot.
- 1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, Historical Essays - Volume III:
- In Northern Greece the Greek despotat of Epeiros died out, to leave us in a bewildering confusion of shifting powers
References[edit]
“despotat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French despotat. By surface analysis, despot + -at.
Noun[edit]
despotat n (plural despotate)
Declension[edit]
Declension of despotat
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) despotat | despotatul | (niște) despotate | despotatele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) despotat | despotatului | (unor) despotate | despotatelor |
| vocative | despotatule | despotatelor | ||
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