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Raredespot
The correct spelling is despot.
How to pronounce despot
/ˈdɛs.pɒt/
nounIPA: /ˈdɛs.pɒt/
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The correct spelling is despot. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
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Definition
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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