Bible Dictionaries
Autocrat

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

(2):

(a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Autocrat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/autocrat.html. 1828.