Dictator
[dɪk'teɪtə] or ['dɪktetɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a ruler who is unconstrained by law.
(noun.) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine.
Editor: Terence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
(n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Despot, autocrat, absolute ruler.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of despotism to the plague of anarchy.
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Examples
- In cases of national extremity it was the custom to set all other magistrates aside and appoint one leader, the Dictator. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was then created dictator for ten years in 46 B.C., and early in 45 B.C. he was made dictator for life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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