Thesaurus: dictator

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1. n. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
2. n. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.
3. n. a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
4. n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law
5. n. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
6. 1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. Locke. 2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay.
7. n:100 n. a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law