despot

a local despot (=a despot landlord)

The local despot trenched on the temple's property.

The crowd chanted 'Down with the Despot'.

The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.

a despot who disposed of all his enemies, real or imagined.

The despot ruled with an iron fist, suppressing any form of dissent.

The despot's reign of terror led to widespread fear among the population.

The despot's oppressive regime stifled freedom of speech and expression.

The despot's extravagant lifestyle contrasted sharply with the poverty of his subjects.

The despot's arbitrary decisions often led to injustice and suffering for the people.

The despot's thirst for power knew no bounds, leading to ruthless actions against his enemies.

The despot's paranoia drove him to eliminate anyone he perceived as a threat to his rule.

The despot's cruelty towards his subjects knew no limits, causing widespread suffering.

The despot's lavish palaces stood in stark contrast to the poverty of the surrounding villages.

The despot's tyrannical rule led to a climate of fear and oppression in the kingdom.

Oh that the present hour would lend another despot of the kind!

The Kurds have turned to Syria's despot, Bashar al-Assad, for protection.

This step is the latest chapter in Kim’s head-spinning makeover from a stern-faced despot into a smiling diplomat.

Like machines, they dumbly moved about the deck, ever conscious that the old man's despot eye was on them.

A slave has his pride and will only serve the greatest despots.

In 1988 he published a novel that satirised many figures, including the Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's despot.

" Yes, she is a despot, " answered Raisky.

She's like a despot whose weapon is pie.

" Why don't you want to please your Grandson? You are a despot, Grandmother" .

But the film-makers prevailed, largely due to the support of Muammar Qaddafi, the Libyan despot.