Found 3 items, similar to Dictator.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dictator
diktator
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dictator
dictator
n 1: a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
2: a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn:
potentate]
3: a person behaves in an tyrannical manner;
“my boss is a
dictator who makes everyone work overtime” [syn:
authoritarian]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dictator
Dictator
\Dic*ta"tor\, n. [L.]
1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims
authoritatively for the direction of others. --Locke.
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2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a
magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and
invested with unlimited power.
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Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a
pope, over our language. --Macaulay.
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