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деспот

/[dɛˈspɔt]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    despot, tyrant, satrap
  2. 2.
    despot (a title awarded to senior members of the imperial family, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers of vast regions in Bulgaria and the Balkans (13th and 14th centuries))
  3. 3.
    oppressor, tyrant
  4. 4.
    bishop
  5. 5.
    hegumen

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • тира́н
  • тира́нин
  • сатра́п
  • господа́р
  • поти́сник
  • влади́ка
Related words (4)
  • деспоти́зъм
  • деспоти́чен
  • деспо́тски
  • деспо́тство

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).

Forms

  • деспо́тcanonical • masculine
  • despótromanization
  • деспо́тицаfeminine
  • деспо́ткаfeminine
  • деспо́тindefinite • singular
  • деспо́тиindefinite • plural
  • деспо́тътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • деспо́титеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • деспо́таdefinite • objective • singular
  • деспо́титеdefinite • objective • plural
Vocative
Singular
деспо́те
Plural
деспо́ти

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