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autarch

American  
[aw-tahrk] / ˈɔ tɑrk /

noun

  1. an absolute ruler; autocrat; tyrant.


Etymology

Origin of autarch

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

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Mobutu had long counted as a friend the Romanian autarch, who came to power in 1965, as he did.

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