despot in the PONS Dictionary

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despot [or tyrant] in the family
деспот в семейството

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He is a cruel despot, who governs by means of 2,000 fusileers, whom he has trained and armed, and whom he employs on marauding expeditions.
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Piper generally portrays these empires as benign, ruled by enlightened despots.
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An enlightened despot, he accepted the modernizing transformations of the previous 25 years, including equality of all before the law.
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He held a title of prince (1389-1402) and despot (1402-1427).
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This wave of revolution for freedom is the beginning of the total liberation of the nations of this region from the despots and dictators.
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Both siblings later met their father, who by then was a despot.
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He is called a despot and a tyrant by his opponents, but officially the new society is referred to as egalitarian.
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Peter was forced by the time to be a despot.
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He has been regarded as both a hypocritical tyrant and a progressive despot, who wanted to create an absolute monarchy based upon free citizens.
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In addition to the king or despot, the larger cities also employed some mercenaries of their own to back up their militia.
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