† voluntarn.
Obsolete.
One who rules arbitrarily; a despot.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > absolute ruler > [noun]
tyrantc1330
dictatora1593
Caesar1595
absolute monarch1596
imperator1598
voluntar1650
Mogul1653
sultanist1659
sultan1662
Grand Monarque1699
autocrator1718
despot1755
autocrat1762
sultanship1823
monocrat1848
autarch1865
autarkist1938
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 12 Such..may..fitlier be called Masters then Magistrates, Voluntar's then Potentat's.
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† voluntaradj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Freely undertaken or given; voluntary.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > relating to voluntary action > freely undertaken
voluntar1581
volunteer1720
volunteered1845
1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise Epist. f. 8v [He] hes..sufferit voluntar baneisment out of his natiue cuntrie thir monie ȝeris bypast.
1619 Burgh Rec. Aberdeen (1845) II. 361 That a voluntar contributioun be crawit to that effect.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 3 Nov. (1855) 75 The voluntar contribution that is..collected within your bounds.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 8 Seeing man can only offend in what is voluntar to him.
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