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Definition of dictator

Dictator
Dictator Dic*ta"tor, n. [L.] 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.

Meaning of dictator from wikipedia

- A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique. The word originated...
- The Dictator may refer to: The Dictator (1915 film), a silent film comedy directed by Oscar Eagle The Dictator (1922 film), a silent film comedy directed...
- The Dictator is a 2012 political satire black comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as his fourth feature film in a leading role. The...
- dictator, and they are facilitated through an inner circle of elites that includes advisers, generals, and other high-ranking officials. The dictator...
- A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in the Roman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been...
- The Dictators are an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential...
- Dictator perpetuo (English: "dictator in perpetuity"), also called dictator in perpetuum, was the office held by Julius Caesar just before the end of...
- defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his ********ination in 44 BC. He pla**** a critical role...
- The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie...
- totalitarianism features a charismatic dictator and a fixed worldview, authoritarianism only features a dictator who holds power for the sake of holding...