Look up: dictator

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   dictator
   Latin, meaning: dictator.
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   dictator
   [n] - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine 2. [n] - a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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   dictator
   Literally, the one who dictates or gives orders, this was the term used for a Roman magistrate with extraordinary and total powers over Rome, who was appointed by the Senate and approved by the people during a state of emergency. He was usually a capable military commander. The first dictator of Rome was Aulus Postumius Albinus, who was appointed i...
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   Dictator
   Senior magistrate granted emergency powers originally appointed for a period of six months.
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   Dictator
   Dic·ta'tor noun [ Latin ] 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.» ...
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   dictator
   potentate noun a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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   Dictator
   A `dictator` is an authoritarian, often totalitarian ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole power over his state, though the term is normally not applied to those who acquire such position by regular constitutional means, such as a hereditary absolute monarch, except to denote personal abuse of power. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency...
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   Dictator
   • (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. • (n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.
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   dictator
   (from the article `absolutism`) the political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator. The ...
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    dictator
    in the Roman Republic, a temporary magistrate with extraordinary powers, nominated by a consul on the recommendation of the Senate and confirmed by ... [2 related articles]
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    dictator
    dictator 1. A person exercising absolute authority of any kind or in any sphere; one who authoritatively prescribes a course of action or dictates what is to be done. 2. One who dictates to a writer.
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    dictator
    
    1. someone who rules unconstrained by law
    2. behaves like a tyrant
    
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    dictator
    In Roman Law, an appointed individual given exceptional powers in times of crisis.
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    dictator
    dictator, originally a Roman magistrate appointed to rule the state in times of emergency; in modern usage, an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes extraconstitutional powers. From 501 B.C. until the abolition of the office in 44 B.C., Rome had 88 dictators. They were usually appointed by a co...
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