See Also: autocrat(dictionary)
autocrat(dictionary)

houbara (iou) and autocrat (iou)


houbara (iou)



houbara noun. E19.
[(mod. Latin from) Arab. ubara.]
A kind of bustard, Chlamydotis (formerly Houbara) undulata, found in N. Africa and the Middle East.

autocrat (iou)



autocrat noun. E19.
[French autocrate from Greek autokrates, from AUTO-1 + krate-, kratos power, authority.]
A monarch of uncontrolled authority, an absolute ruler; a person with dictatorial powers or tendencies.
auto'cratic,
auto'cratical adjectives of the Nature of or pertaining to an autocrat; despotic, dictatorial: E19.
auto'cratically adverb M19.
autocratism noun the principles or practices of autocrats M19.