despot
/ˈdɛs.pɒt//ˈdɛs.pət/
noun
- 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)
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