autarch

[ aw-tahrk ]

/ ˈɔ tɑrk /

noun

an absolute ruler; autocrat; tyrant.

Nearby words

austronesian, aut, aut caesar, aut nihil, aut-, autacoid, autarch, autarchy, autarky, autecic, autecious, auteciously

Origin of autarch

1860–65; < Greek aútarchos, noun use of aútarchos autocratic, equivalent to aut- aut- + -archos -arch

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