AVT

Greek abbreviation: autokratôr (male) or autokrateira (female) - Sole-ruler, emperor or empress.

Autokratôr is a Greek title applied to an individual who exercises absolute power, unrestrained by superiors. In a historical context, it has been applied to military commanders-in-chief, and to Roman and Byzantine emperors as the translation of the Latin title imperator. Its connection with Byzantine-style absolutism gave rise to the modern terms autocrat and autocracy. In modern Greek, it means "emperor," and the female form of the title is autokrateira ("empress").