autocrat
Example Sentences
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The attack was the first major test of a new American security partnership with the government of Sharaa, a former rebel leader who led the overthrow of autocrat Bashar al-Assad last year.
Vladimir Putin may have a reputation among some as a ruthless autocrat, a master manipulator of the international scene.
From BBC
It is difficult for Spaniards to face up to the fact that they lived, largely uncomplaining, under an autocrat for 36 years.
As is now widely recognized, modern 21st-century autocrats generally do not take over in sudden, brutal displays of force.
From Salon
He also said he would seek to govern "without ever yielding to the temptation to be an autocrat".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
