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Definition of: despot
(des′pət, -pot) noun
1. An absolute monarch; autocrat; a hard master; tyrant.
2. In Oriental countries a title, originally of a Byzantine emperor; later, of various subordinate rulers: applied also to the bishops and patriarchs of the Greek Church. See synonyms under MASTER. [<OF <Gk. despotēs a master]
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