despots in English

noun

1

a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

History should have taught us that despots , nuclear powers, rogue states et al do not attack strong adversaries; they prey on the weak.

synonyms: tyrant, oppressor, dictator, absolute ruler, totalitarian, autocrat, slave driver

noun

• tyrant, oppressor, dictator, absolute ruler, totalitarian, autocrat, slave driver
• tyrant, autocrat

Use "despots" in a sentence

1. History's Cruelest despots and dictators

2. Vile despots would themselves become The masters of our destinies!

3. So too are a procession of Autocrats and despots across the globe

4. The people who suffer under despots and prosper under just rule.

5. These men were despots, meaning they could kill their subjects without fear of retribution.

6. Synonyms for Autarchs include kings, dictators, despots, tyrants, oppressors, totalitarians, authoritarians, fuehrers, absolutists and autocrats

7. Synonyms for Absolutists include authoritarians, dictators, totalitarians, tyrants, arbiters, autocrats, despots, control freaks, fascists and caesars

8. His purpose was not to conquer Morea but rather to teach the Greeks and their Despots a punitive lesson.

9. 1 Woman is not the passive chattel that the tussles of despots, described in the last chapter, have implied.

10. Everyone hates the prolix Gadaffi, particularly Arab despots who he routinely blasts as "old women in robes," "Zionist lackeys," and "cowards and thieves.

11. Bout, 45, has been accused of selling arms to despots and insurgency groups embroiled in some of the world s bloodiest conflicts and was the inspiration for the …

12. The 'Buccaneering trading nation' model promises to, curiously, withdraw Britain completely from the world's largest, deepest and most integrated trade area, consisting of democratic governments, in exchange for a smorgasbord of ad hoc trade agreements made predominantly with, almost inevitably, a motley crew of despots and authoritarian regimes.

13. And this perfectly monstrous proposition, which is tantamount to the assertion of the divine right of politicians to be Absolutest despots, immune from criticism and censure, this immoral despotism is proclaimed with such an air of self-righteous virtue that it has almost come to be regarded as a truism—at least, when it concerns the mere Irish.