Definition of dictator Dictator

/dɪktejˈtɚ/ - [dikteyter] - dic•ta•tor

We found 16 definitions of dictator from 7 different sources.

What does dictator mean?

Noun Plural: dictators
dictator - a ruler who is unconstrained by law
		potentate
		swayer, ruler a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
		shogun a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
		strongman a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence; "he is determined to bring down the Iraqi strongman"
		autocrat, despot, tyrant a cruel and oppressive dictator
dictator - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
		talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, speaker, utterer someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
dictator - a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
		authoritarian
		oppressor a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
		big brother an older brother

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dictator (Noun)
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.
dictator (Noun)
A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
dictator (Noun)
A tyrannical boss, or authority figure.
dictator (Noun)
A person who dictates text.
dictator (Noun)
A ruler or Führer, the highest level of authority.

dictator (n.)
One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
dictator (n.)
One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

dictator
In government, an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes sole power over the state.
dictator
An absolute ruler with unbounded power.
dictator
Machine that records spoken words, used for personal or administrative purposes.

dictator
In the earliest times, was the name of the highest magistrate of the Latin Confederation, and in some of the Latin towns the title was continued long after these towns were subjected to the dominion of Rome. In the Roman republic the dictator was an extraordinary magistrate, irresponsible and endowed with absolute authority. The dictatorship could not lawfully be held longer than six months. Dictators were only appointed so long as the Romans had to carry on wars in and out of Italy, or when any vigorous measure had to be acted upon. The limits of his power were as follows: he could not touch the treasury; he could not leave Italy; and he could not ride through Rome on horseback without previously obtaining the permission of the people.