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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Autocrat \Au"to*crat\, n. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? strength, ? strong: cf F. autocrate See {Hard}, a.] 1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right not subject to restriction; as Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). 2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. --Holmes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: autocrat n : a dictator or dictatorial person [syn: {tyrant}, {despot}]
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