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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AU'TOCRAT,
AU'TOCRATER,
AUTOCRAT'IC,
AUTOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: tyrant, autocrat, despot]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French autocrate, from Greek autokrat?s ruling by oneself, absolute, from aut- + -krat?s ruling — more at -crat Date: 1803 1. a person (as a monarch) ruling with unlimited authority 2. one who has undisputed influence or power

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an absolute ruler. 2 a dictatorial person. Derivatives: autocratic adj. autocratically adv. Etymology: F autocrate f. Gk autokrates (as AUTO-, kratos power)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(autocrats) An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dictator, despot, unlimited monarch, absolute ruler.

Moby Thesaurus

Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper, warlord