1) Absolute ruler 2) Authoritarian 3) Autocrat 4) Boss at times 5) British historical novel 6) Czar 7) Despot 8) Head of state 9) His word is law 10) Mobutu or Mussolini 11) One has absolute authority 12) Oppressor 13) Ruler with total power 14) Speaker 15) Talker 16) Thriller novel 17) Too powerful ruler
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1) Absoluteruler 2) Autocrat 3) Autocratic 4) Autocratical 5) Despot 6) Despotic 7) Despotical 8) Disciplinarian 9) Duvalier 10) Franco 11) Hitler 12) Hitlerian 13) Martinet 14) Master 15) Mussolini 16) Oppressor 17) Potentate 18) Shogun 19) Strongman 20) Tojo 21) Tyrant
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- someone who rules unconstrained by law
- behaves like a tyrant
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Latin, meaning: dictator.
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A dictator is a ruler who wields absolute authority. A state ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency (see Roman dictator and justitium). Like the term `tyrant` (which was originally a respectable Ancient Greek.....
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• (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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(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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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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Senior magistrate granted emergency powers originally appointed for a period of six months.
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In Roman Law, an appointed individual given exceptional powers in times of crisis.
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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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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. &...
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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 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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potentate noun a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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one who assumes absolute control without the free consent of the people.
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a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. · (in ancient Rome) a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis, the regular magistracy being subordinated to him until the crisis was met. · a person who authoritatively prescribes conduct...
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dictator.
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a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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