Hypertext Webster Gateway: "autocrat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Autocrat \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
autocrat
n : a dictator or dictatorial person [syn: {tyrant}, {despot}]
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