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They also proved more than a match for Robbie O'Neill's suave despot of a Herod.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the teetering despot of Libya, is losing friends fast.
From the time.com
Saddam has recently gained the type of fame a homicidal despot scarcely deserves.
From the washingtontimes.com
And yes, this despot is a monster, but is he much worse than others we talk to?
From the economist.com
As far as we are aware it's the only house in the world that looks like a despot.
From the metro.co.uk
How else can a despot gain eternal life if not through artistic representation?
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Nonetheless, between Dion and the despot, the relationship continued as before.
From the en.wikipedia.org
By 1261, he had become a despot, a high-ranking noble in the Bulgarian hierarchy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It sounds like the directive of a lisping dauphin, of an obsessive garden despot.
From the latimes.com
- Tyrant: a cruel and oppressive dictator
- (despotic) belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- (despotic) authoritarian: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
- (despotism) absolutism: dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- (despotism) dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- Despot (from Greek: u03B4u03B5u03C3u03C0u03CCu03C4u03B7u03C2, despu00F3tu0113s, "lord", "master") was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir-apparent...
- Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity, called the 'despot', rules with absolute power. That entity may be an individual, as in an autocracy, or it may be a group, as in an oligarchy. ...
- 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)
- (despotism) government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power
