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1. (n.) dictator
a ruler exercising absolute power without hereditary right or the free consent of the people.
2. dictator
(in ancient Rome) a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis.
3. dictator
a person who authoritatively prescribes conduct, usage, etc.
4. dictator
a person who dictates, as to a secretary.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dictator
a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
2. (noun) dictator, potentate
a ruler who is unconstrained by law
3. (noun) authoritarian, dictator
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
"my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
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1. (noun) dictator
an unelected ruler of a country who has complete power
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dictator
one who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others
2. (noun) dictator
one invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. dictator
a magistrate invested with absolute authority in ancient republican Rome in times of exigence and danger; the constitution obliged him to resign his authority at the end of six months, till which time he was free without challenge afterwards to do whatever the interest of the commonwealth seemed to him to require; the most famous dictators were Cincinnatus, Camillus, Sulla, and Cæsar, who was the last to be invested with this power; the office ceased with the fall of the republic, or rather, was merged in the perpetual dictatorship of the emperor.
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Sense: an all-powerful ruler
As soon as he became dictator, he made all political parties illegal and governed the country as he liked.
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 Afrikaans: diktator, alleenheerser |
 Arabic: طاغِيَه، دكتاتور |
 Bulgarian: диктатор |
 Brazilian: ditador |
 Czech: diktátor |
 German: der Diktator |
 Danish: diktator |
 Greek: δικτάτορας |
 Spanish: dictador |
 Estonian: diktaator |
 Farsi: دیکتاتور؛ خودکامه |
 Finnish: diktaattori |
 French: dictateur/-trice |
 Hebrew: רוֹדָן, דִיקטָטוֹר |
 Hindi: तानाशाह |
 Croatian: diktator, tiranin |
 Hungarian: diktátor |
 Indonesian: diktator |
 Icelandic: einræðisherra |
 Italian: dittatore |
 Japanese: 独裁者 |
 Korean: 독재자 |
 Lithuanian: diktatorius |
 Latvian: diktators |
 Malay: diktator |
 Dutch: dictator |
 Norwegian: diktator, enehersker |
 Polish: dyktator |
 Persian: دیکتاتور؛ خودکامه |
 Pashto: دكټاټور، مستبد: هغه څوك چ |
 Portuguese: ditador |
 Romanian: dictator |
 Russian: диктатор |
 Slovak: diktátor |
 Slovenian: diktator |
 Serbian: diktator |
 Swedish: diktator |
 Thai: ผู้เผด็จการ |
 Turkish: diktatör |
 Taiwanese: 獨裁者 |
 Ukrainian: диктатор |
 Urdu: مطلق العنان |
 Vietnamese: kẻ độc tài |
 Chinese: 独裁者 |
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