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despotates

despotates is the plural of despotate.

Meaning of despotate

Noun

despotate (plural despotates)

  1. (historical) An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
    • Even before the great sultan Mehmed II, known as El Fatih (the Conqueror), took power in Turkey, the Serbian despotate had become the booty of the invaders.1974, Vladimir Dedijer, History of Yugoslavia, page 129
    Synonyms:
    despotat

Questions about despotates

What is despotates the plural of?
Despotates is the plural of despotate.

Words near despotates in the dictionary

  1. desposing
  2. Desposyni
  3. despot
  4. despotat
  5. despotate
  6. despotates
  7. despotats
  8. despotess
  9. despotesses
  10. despotic
  11. despotical

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