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despot

1. Politics an absolute or tyrannical ruler; autocrat or tyrant
2. History a title borne by numerous persons of rank in the later Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires
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Alfred who is as determined a despot as ever walked, does not pretend to this kind of defence;--no, he stands, high and haughty, on that good old respectable ground, the right of the strongest; and he says, and I think quite sensibly, that the American planter is `only doing, in another form, what the English aristocracy and capitalists are doing by the lower classes;' that is, I take it, appropriating them, body and bone, soul and spirit, to their use and convenience.
they have absolute control; they are irresponsible despots. There would be no use in interfering; there is no law that amounts to anything practically, for such a case.
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When this is looked at next to the Russians' chemical attack in Salisbury then the UK is fast becoming a country without borders for despots who wish to kill troublesome dissidents.
A country without borders for despots
But they are presented through their literary ambitions in Daniel Kalder's recently published Dictator Literature: A History of Despots Through Their Writing.
COLUMN: DICTATORS AS WRITERS
Inilagay ako doon sa mga despot. Hindi naman ako...
Duterte says he was neither a despot nor a monster as depicted on TIME magazine cover
There are basic threads running through the actions of the old despot. Obasanjo has messianic delusions!
Obasanjo's delusional messianic complex
It's irreverent fun of the first order but it's the film's portrayal of the despot that gives the movie an inner steel, with Kim (Randall Park) portrayed as a lonely neurotic with daddy issues.
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Who cares how Arab kings and sheiks, who fit nicely into the useful despot model, treat their own people or how they deny them even the most fundamental rights and freedoms?
Useful despots
Despots who oppress with secret tricks, make much use of this feeling.
The feeling of fear..
The ring was found where the Despots of Dobruja lived.
Poison Ring Used for Political Murders in 14th Century Bulgaria Discovered [PHOTOS]
and Bernadette Paton, eds, Communes and Despots in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, Farnham, Ashgate, 2010; hardback; pp.
Law, John E. and Bernadette Paton, eds, Communes and Despots in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Bahrain's King Hamad Al-Khalifa has been condemned as a despot by former Foreign Office minister Denis MacShane in the run up to the lunch.
King of Bahrain at Jubilee lunch

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