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dictator

[ dik-tey-ter, dik-tey-ter ]

noun

  1. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
  2. (in ancient Rome) a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis, the regular magistracy being subordinated to him until the crisis was met.
  3. a person who authoritatively prescribes conduct, usage, etc.:

    a dictator of fashion.

  4. a person who dictates, as to a secretary.


dictator

/ d瑟k藞te瑟t蓹; d瑟k藞te瑟tr瑟s; 藞d瑟kt蓹tr瑟ks /

noun

    1. a ruler who is not effectively restricted by a constitution, laws, recognized opposition, etc
    2. an absolute, esp tyrannical, ruler
  1. (in ancient Rome) a person appointed during a crisis to exercise supreme authority
  2. a person who makes pronouncements, as on conduct, fashion, etc, which are regarded as authoritative
  3. a person who behaves in an authoritarian or tyrannical manner
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dictatress, noun:feminine
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dictator1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin 诲颈肠迟腻迟辞谤, from 诲颈肠迟腻(谤别) 鈥渢o say repeatedly, prescribe, order鈥 ( dictate ) + -tor -tor
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When providing facts to the American people so they can decide what鈥檚 best for them is a hostile and political act, then you are living under a dictator and facts become seditious.

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Trump has been remarkably direct and transparent in his plans to become the country鈥檚 first elected autocrat, a 鈥渄ictator鈥 on 鈥渄ay one.鈥

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Zelenskyy says in the April 13 episode after seeing a clip of Trump calling him a dictator.

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More than half the population of Crimea was Russian, mainly because the original majority population of Crimean Tatars were deported under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1944.

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He has paused military aid, denounced Zelenksy as a "dictator", and has accused Ukraine of being responsible for the war.

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