despot
/ˈdɛs.pɒt/ · noun
Meaning
- A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
- 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)
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