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
adjectivedespotically
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.