despot

/D EH1 S P AH0 T/
noun
  1. 1

    A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

  2. 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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