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noun
noun: dictator; plural noun: dictators
1.
a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
Similar:
autocrat
monocrat
absolute ruler
tyrant
despot
oppressor
absolutist
totalitarian
authoritarian
supremo
Big Brother
autarch
(in ancient Rome) a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency.
2.
a person who behaves in an autocratic way.
"for some reason he's being a dictator—saying this is the way we're going to do it"