AUTOCRAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autocrat mean? 

• AUTOCRAT (noun)
  The noun AUTOCRAT has 1 sense:

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

  Familiarity information: AUTOCRAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOCRAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cruel and oppressive dictator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

autocrat; despot; tyrant

Hypernyms ("autocrat" is a kind of...):

dictator; potentate (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autocrat"):

czar (a person having great power)

Derivation:

autocratic (characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty)

 Context examples 

This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for 'Marmar', as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)