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Word: dictator (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk)
  • A ruler or Fuhrer, the highest level of authority.
  • A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government
  • A tyrannical boss, or authority figure
  • Originally, a magistrate without colleague in republican ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war

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