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单词 despot
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despot

/ˈdespɒt/
noun
a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way
暴君; 霸头; 恶霸。
派生词

despotic

adjective

despotically

adverb
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French despote, via medieval Latin from Greek despotēs, 'master, absolute ruler'. Originally (after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople) the term denoted a petty Christian ruler under the Turkish empire. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.
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