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Definition: Autocrat |
AutocratNoun1. A dictator or dictatorial person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "autocrat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Etymology: Autocrat \Au"to*crat\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; self strength, strong: compare to the French expression autocrate. See Hard,]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AutocratSynonyms: despot (n), tyrant (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The principal titles of what modern historians call the "Roman emperorss" were imperator, Caesar, and Augustus; the latter two words were transliterated into Greek as kaisar and augoustos, while the existing word autokratôr was substituted for the former. When the Emperor Heraclius introduced the "Byzantine" system of co-emperors, the senior emperor (or, in the absence of a co-emperor, the sole emperor) took the title autokratôr, although the junior emperor also began to take that title in the XIV century under the Palaeologi.
In keeping with the contention of the rulers of Russia that Moscow was "Third Rome" (after Constantinople and Rome), the formal title of the Russian emperor was Imperator i Samodyerzhets Vserossiysky ("All-Russian Emperor and Autocrat"). The absolutist rule of the Russian emperors is probably chiefly responsible for the modern negative connotation attached to the word "autocrat".
See also: Roman Emperors; List of Roman Emperors; Byzantine Emperors; List of Byzantine Emperors; Tsar
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Autocrat."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Autocrat |
| English words defined with "autocrat": autocratic, autocratical, Autocrator, Autocratship. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "autocrat": Albino-poets ♦ Kingly Titles ♦ Royal Titles. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "autocrat": Autocracy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Autocrat" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (autocrat, tyrant). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Autocrat (1919) | |
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| "Autocrat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Autocrat" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "autocrat": author-autocrat. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
autocrat | 14 |
autocrat coffee | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "autocrat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | alleenheerser (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | autokrat, despot (despot, tyrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حاكم مطلق (despot, dictator, overman), المستبد (hector, tyrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | автократ, деспот (despot, satrap, tyrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | autokrat, samovládce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | autocraat (absolute ruler), alleenheerser (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aŭtokrato (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | einræðisharri (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حاکم مطلق (Autarchy, Despot), سلطان مستبد (Despot), سلطان مطلق . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksinvaltias (monarch, sovereign), itsevaltias (sovereign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | autocrate (autodidact). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | allinnehearsker (absolute ruler), despoot (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | autokrat (absolute ruler), Alleinherrscher (autocrats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μονάρχησ (monarch), απόλυτοσ μονάρχησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שליט יחי" (monarch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsarnok (absolute ruler, bully, despot, dictator, oppressor, satrap, terrorist, tyrant), autokrata (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | orang yang berkuasa mutlak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | autocrate (absolute ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 専制君主 (absolute monarch, despot, tyrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"せいく"しゅ (absolute monarch, despot, tyrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slane-reiltagh (autocratic, autocratical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | autocratay autocrata (despotic). (various references) autocrat (tyrant), asupritor (exploiter, grinding, oppressing, oppressor, tyrant). (various references) самодержец (czar). (various references) autokrata, autokrat. (various references) autócrata (absolute ruler). (various references) autokrat, envåldshärskare (dictator). (various references) ผู้มีอำนาจเ"็"ขา". (various references) otokrat (Caesar), diktatör (big brother, Caesar, dictator, fuhrer, strong man, warlord). (various references) самодержець, автократ, диктатор (dictator, kaiser). (various references) người chuyên quyền (ruler). (various references) awtocrat, unben (despot unit, sovereign lord), dyn awdurdodol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | autokrates. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "autocrat": autocratic, autocratical, autocratically, autocrats. (additional references) | |
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"Autocrat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: autocap, autocar, Autocare, Autocraft, autocrate, Autokat, Autokraft, autostat, Eurocrat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "autocrat" (pronounced ô"tukra't) |
| 6 | -t u k r a' t | aristocrat, Plutocrat. |
| 5 | -u k r a' t | bureaucrat, democrat, technocrat. |
| 4 | -k r a' t | muskrat. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: actuator. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cottar, outact, turaco. | |
-3 letters: actor, aorta, attar, carat, cotta, court, ottar, taroc, tarot, tatar, tract, trout, tutor. | |
-4 letters: acta, arco, aura, auto, cart, coat, curt, orca, rato, rota, rout, taco, tact, taro, tart, taut, tora, torc, tort, tour, tout, trot. | |
-5 letters: act, arc, art, att, car, cat, cor, cot, cur, cut, oar, oat, oca. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: actuators, autocrats. | |
+2 letters: autocratic. | |
+3 letters: articulator, astronautic, cataractous, contractual. | |
+4 letters: articulation, articulators, articulatory, astronautics, auscultatory, autocratical, congratulate, contrapuntal, cosurfactant, naturopathic, ultracompact. | |
+5 letters: acculturation, anfractuosity, articulations, astronautical, authenticator, cauterization, congratulated, congratulates, congratulator, connaturality, contractually, cosurfactants, counterattack, matriculation, posttraumatic, ultracautious, ultraromantic. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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