noun. undefined

noun. An absolute ruler.

noun. A tyrant; a despot.

noun. An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.

noun. One who dictates.

noun. A person possessing unlimited powers of government; an absolute ruler.

noun. A person invested with or exercising absolute authority of any kind; one who assumes to control or prescribe the actions of others; one who dictates.

noun. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

noun. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

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

noun. A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government

noun. A tyrannical boss, or authority figure

noun. A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk)

noun. A ruler or Führer, the highest level of authority.

noun. a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine

noun. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

noun. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

"In seasons of great and imminent danger to the commonwealth, it was the custom of the Romans to appoint what they called a dictator, that is, a supreme executive, who was clothed with absolute and unlimited powers; and it devolved on him to save the state from the threatened ruin by the most prompt and energetic action."

dictate  dictatorial  dictatorship  

speaker  talker  utterer  verbaliser  verbalizer  

Crater  Creator  Decatur  Equator  Lemaitre  

adviser  ambassador  aristocrat  autocrat  conqueror  

Simon Legree  absolute monarch  absolute ruler  all-powerful ruler  arrogator