Despot (court title)
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Despot was a Byzantine court title, also granted in the states under Byzantine influence, such as the Latin Empire, Bulgaria, Serbia, and the Empire of Trebizond. In the last two hundred years or so, the term "despot" is perceived negatively, as it is associated with despotism, but the original title had no such connotations. This change of meaning is shared with other terms in different times such as "tyrant", derived from the ancient Greek word for "King", and "Dictator", originally a legally-appointed Roman magistrate.
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