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autocrator

autocrator is the archaic form of autocrat.

Meaning of autocrat

Noun

autocrat (plural autocrats)

  1. An absolute ruler with infinite power.
    • Your salary is high; you are to have apartments in the house; and to be the autocrat of the library, where, I shrewdly suspect, your reign will be undisturbed.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Secretaryship”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131
  2. A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.
  3. Until the 20th century, a favorable description of a ruler who was connected with the concept of lack of conflicts of interest and an indication of grandeur and power.

Forms of autocrator

pluralautocrators

Origin of autocrator

From Late Latin autocratōr, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōr, “emperor”).

Words formed from autocrator

Questions about autocrator

What is autocrator the archaic form of?
Autocrator is the archaic form of autocrat.

Words near autocrator in the dictionary

  1. autocratized
  2. autocratizer
  3. autocratizers
  4. autocratizes
  5. autocratizing
  6. autocrator
  7. autocratoric
  8. autocratorical
  9. autocrators
  10. autocratress
  11. autocratrices

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