autocrat

• n.独裁者、専制君主; 独裁的な人

接頭辞 auto-, 所有する.語根 crat, 管理者.

autocrat (n.)

1803, from French autocrate, from Greek autokrates "ruling by oneself, absolute, autocratic," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + kratia "rule," from kratos "strength, power" (see -cracy). First used by Robert Southey, with reference to Napoleon. An earlier form was autocrator (1789), used in reference to the Russian Czars. Earliest form in English is the fem. autocratress (1762).

1. Murphy 's powerfully spoken Oedipus is an autocrat of iconic grandeur.

マーフィーが情熱的に演じたオーディプス王は聖像のような威厳のある独裁者だった。

2.Emperor Nero was an autocrat .

ネロ皇帝は専制独裁者であった。

3.He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat .

造詣のある政治家であり、狡猾な独裁者でもある。

4.It 'seems to me that you talk like a great autocrat .

あなたの話し方は専制的な暴君のようです。

5.Republican in title he was，but an autocrat at heart.

彼は名目上は平和主義者だが、中身は専制君主だ。