despots
- plural of despot.
Example Sentences
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But when it goes away, so do our nightly doses of Colbert’s affable clowning, the kind that irritates thin-skinned despots in a way other comics can’t quite match.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
Mr. Loconte outlines how their belief in the God-given dignity of man set them at odds with foreign despots and those in England with similar political designs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Even Amnesty International, the human rights watchdog best known for standing up to despots and criminal regimes, has issued warnings about the dangers of traveling to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023
Willoughby was rare—his preference to remain behind the scenes implied the absence of vast personal conceit, a trait essential for two-penny despots.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
