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Dictator

//dɪkˈteɪtə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

    "The Dominicans had lived for thirty years under the iron-fisted rule of dictator Leonidas Trujillo. During those years, which ended with Trujillo's assassination in 1961, those who opposed Trujillo had three choices: to go into exile, to go underground, or to remain quiet. Most Dominicans had chosen the third course."

  2. 2
    a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner wordnet
  3. 3
    A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war.
  4. 4
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law wordnet
  5. 5
    A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
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  1. 6
    a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine wordnet
  2. 7
    Misspelling of dictater. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”).

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