Meaning of AUTOCRAT
| Pronunciation: | | 'otu`krat
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| | Definition: | | [n] a dictator or dictatorial person |
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| | Synonyms: | | despot, tyrant |
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| | See Also: | | czar, dictator, Dionysius, Dionysius the Elder, potentate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Au"to*crat\, n. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? strength, ? strong:
cf. F. autocrate. See {Hard}, a.]
1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises
the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not
subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a
title of the Czar).
2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or
relation; a despot.
The autocrat of the breakfast table. --Holmes.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, Simon Legree, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper, warlord |
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