despot

Significado (Inglés)

1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
2. (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)

Conceptos

déspota

tirano

autócrata

dictador

tirana

Sinónimos

tyrant

dictator

autocrat

oppressor

absolute ruler

authoritarian

potentate

bad ruler

mogul

persecutor

totalitarian

influential person

absolute monarch

Traducciones

Despot

δεσπότης

despota

despote

déspota

despoot

Gewaltherrscher

dwingeland

τύραννος

autocrate

tiranno

dèspota

tyran

Tyrann

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdɛs.pɒt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con sánscrito: दम्पति

In summary

From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”). Cognate with Sanskrit दम्पति (dámpati).