Examples of using "Déspota" in a sentence and their english translations:
The despot was seen surrounded by demonstrators.
According to some historians, Napoleon was an enlightened despot because of improvements he made in the social institutions of France. Others denounce him as an egocentric dictator because of the large number of people who died in his wars.
"Thus roused, her friends she gathers. All await / her summons, who the tyrant fear or hate. / Some ships at hand, chance-anchored in the bay / they seize and load them with the costly freight, / and far off o'er the deep is borne away / Pygmalion's hoarded pelf. A woman leads the way."