Dictator

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 2) A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government
 * 3) A tyrannical boss, or authority figure
 * 4) A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk)
 * 5) A ruler or Führer, the highest level of authority.

Related terms

 * dictate
 * dictatorial
 * dictatorship

Adjectives for Dictator
military; musical; cruel; unseen; benevolent; philosophic; willful; occult; imperious; ranking; domestic.

Verbs for Dictator
appeal to—; develop into—; entrust—with; fall before—; follow—; name—; prate about—s; serve under—; succumb to—; —authorizes; —bans; —checks; —coerces; —crushes; —decrees; —exercises; —forbids; —forces; —fulminates; —governs; —orders; —prescribes; —rules; —tyran¬nizes ; —violates ; —wields.

Thesaurus
Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, authoritarian, authoritative, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, overlord, pharaoh, slave driver, stern, stickler, strong man, tyrant, usurper, warlord

Etymology
From dictator:, from dicto:, from dico:.

Translations

 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: diktatour -ien
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: diktatoro
 * Estonian: diktaator
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: דיקטאטור (diqt'at'or)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: einræðiherra


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 独裁者 (どくさいしゃ, dokusaisha)
 * Latin:
 * Polish: dyktator
 * Romanian: dictator, dictatori
 * Russian: диктатор
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: диктатор
 * Roman: diktator
 * Spanish: dictador dictadora
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Greek:


 * Swahili:

Noun

 * 1) dictator (bossy senses)

Synonyms

 * despot
 * dwingeland
 * tyrant

Related terms

 * dictaat
 * dictatoriaal
 * dictatuur

Etymology
From dicto:, from dico:.

Noun

 * 1) an elected chief magistrate
 * 2) one who dictates.

Derived terms

 * dictātōrius
 * dictātrīx
 * dictātūra

Related terms

 * dīcō
 * dictāmen
 * dictāta
 * dictātiō
 * dictātiuncula
 * dictiō


 * dictiōsus
 * dictitō
 * dictō
 * dictum
 * dictus

Descendants

 * English:
 * Italian: dittatore