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dictator
/ˈdɪkˌteɪtəɹ/
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What does dictator mean?
noun
- An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
- A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war.
- A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
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noun
- Misspelling of dictater.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɪkˌteɪtəɹ/
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The dictator then invoked by the whole of France was obliged to re-establish the greater part of that which had been destroyed.
Lucilius, a tribune of the people, was the man who first adventured to propose it, urging the people to make Pompey dictator.
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The Dictator was accessible to every one at his house at Palermo, and the marvel is that he managed to escape assassination.
Till the death of Francia, the Dictator of Paraguay, these two countries must remain distinct, as if placed on opposite sides of the globe.
Yes, their supreme lord and dictator was there, though hitherto unseen by any eyes not permitted to penetrate into the now sacred retreat of the cabin.