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The definition of an autocrat is a person with unlimited power over others.

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Fidel Castro is an example of a famous autocrat.

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See autocrat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a ruler with absolute power; dictator; despot
anyone having unlimited power over others
any domineering, self-willed person

Origin: Fr autocrate < Gr autokratēs, absolute ruler < autos, self + kratos, power, rule: see -crat

Related Forms:

autocratic adjective or autocratical
autocratically adverb

See autocrat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A ruler having unlimited power; a despot.
A person with unlimited power or authority: a corporate autocrat.

Origin:

Origin: French autocrate

Origin: , from Greek autokratēs, ruling by oneself

Origin: : auto-, auto-

Origin: + -kratēs, -crat

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Related Forms:

auˌto·cratˈic, auˌto·cratˈi·cal adjective

auˌto·cratˈi·cal·ly adverb

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