despot vs monarch

despot

noun
  • A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant. 

  • A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries) 

monarch

noun
  • The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy. 

  • The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings. 

  • A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers. 

  • The chief or best thing of its kind. 

  • A police officer. 

  • Any bird of the family Monarchidae. 

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