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Definition of Autocrat
Autocrat

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).

One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

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Autocrat Quotations

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.
Richard Widmark

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.
Lawrence Durrell

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.
Catherine II

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.
Catherine the Great

Autocrat Translations

autocrat in French is autocrate
autocrat in German is Autokrat {m}, Alleinherrscher {m}


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