despot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛs.pɒt/|/ˈdɛz.pɒt/    美 /ˈdɛs.pət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
    — 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.
  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

词形变化

despots plural

词汇关系

衍生词
archdespot despotat despotate despotess despotic despotism despotist despotize despotocracy despotry

词源

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).
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