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Meaning of Despot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈdɛs.pɒt

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الطَاغِي الطّاغية طاغ طاغية ظالم فرعون مستبد
Български деспот
Bosanski despot diktator деспот
Català dèspota
Čeština despota
Deutsch Despot Despotin Zwingherr
Ελληνικά αγάς δεσπότης
Esperanto despoto
Español déspota
فارسی مستبد
Suomi despootti tyranni yksinvaltias
Français despote
Gaeilge forlámhaí
Gàidhlig aintighearna
हिन्दी अधिनायक
Hrvatski despot diktator деспот
Magyar despota zsarnok
Հայերեն բռնակալ բռնապետ
Bahasa Indonesia penjajah
Italiano despota
日本語 暴君
ქართული დესპოტი
한국어 참주 폭군
Kurdî despot diktator diktator mustebit tîran zorba
Latina rex tyrannus
Македонски деспот
Nederlands despoot
Polski despota satrapa
Português déspota
Русский деспот
Српски despot diktator деспот
Svenska despot
ไทย ทรราช
Türkçe despot diktatör müstebit mütegallibe tiran zorba
Українська де́спот
Tiếng Việt bá vương bảo quản

Examples

“The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

despotat despotate despotess Despotic Despotically despoticalness

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