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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Autocrat \Au"to*crat\, noun [Gr. ?; ? self + ? strength, ? strong: cf. F. autocrate. See {Hard}, adjective]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
autocrat
noun: a cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: {tyrant}, {despot}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "autocrat": Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper, warlord
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