autarch

autarch [aw-tahrk] Word Origin noun

1. an absolute ruler; autocrat; tyrant.

Origin of autarch 1860–65; Greek aútarchos, noun use of aútarchos autocratic, equivalent to aut- aut- + -archos -arch Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019