despotic monarchy
noun
despotic monarch
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a word derived from
despotic monarchy.
Example Sentences
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He is at present the despotic monarch of above twenty thousand miles of sea-coast, and yet you suppose he cannot procure sailors for the invasion of Ireland.
From Political Pamphlets by George Saintsbury
A despotic monarch can follow the impulses of humanity without scruple.
From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia Maria Francis Child
The most absolute power of the most despotic monarch can scarcely do more than hasten or retard the moment of their apparition.
From The Crowd; study of the popular mind by Gustave Le Bon
I had a brilliant instance of the capricious restlessness and self-willedness of this despotic monarch Mtésa.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
There should seem to be no doubt, that a sovereign thus liable to be controuled, and punished for an abuse of power, cannot be called a despotic monarch.
