Associations to the word «Despot»

Wiktionary

DESPOT, noun. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
DESPOT, noun. (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)

Dictionary definition

DESPOT, noun. A cruel and oppressive dictator.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King