Autocrat

[Fr. auto crate; Gr. autokrates, autokra tor, from autos, self, and kratos, strength; kratein, to be strong, to govern.) A person vested with absolute independent power; a sovereign who rules despotically. The title was first given by the A then i ans to a commander in-chief vested with undisputed powers, and not liable, like others, to be called to account at the expiration of his office. The title was afterwards a umed by the Byzantine emperors, and at the present time the emperor of Ru ia uses it, as A. of all the Ru ias. -A person invested with unlimited power, which renders his actions unaccountable; as, "The autocrat of the breakfast-table." - Holmes . Autocratic, Autocratical, a. Pertaining to autocracy; absolute. Autocratically, adv . In an autocratic manner. Autocrat ice, Autoc'ratrix, n . A female sovereign who is autocratic or absolute; as, the autocrat riz Catherine. Autocrat or, n. An autocrat. (R.)