autocrat
Example Sentences
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It is difficult for Spaniards to face up to the fact that they lived, largely uncomplaining, under an autocrat for 36 years.
Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarus autocrat, has become Mr. Putin’s satrap, and the arrival of nuclear warheads would only subordinate Belarus further to Russia.
From Washington Post
The world was slow to catch on, she said, because Mr. Orban didn’t behave like autocrats before him.
From New York Times
The late Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chávez, a former military officer, took the tactic furthest, filling the government with generals.
From Los Angeles Times
He was one of America's most Janus-faced leaders, a protean figure who could sincerely shift from the pragmatic reformer to the vengeful autocrat without any apparent qualms.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
