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Noun dictator has 3 senses
- dictator - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
--1 is a kind of speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
- dictator, potentate - a ruler who is unconstrained by law
--2 is a kind of ruler, swayer
--2 has particulars: | | shogun; strongman; tyrant, autocrat, despot; Duvalier, Francois Duvalier, Papa Doc; Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc; Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo; Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer; Mussolini, Benito Mussolini, Il Duce; Tojo, Tojo Hideki, Tojo Eiki |
- authoritarian, dictator - a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
--3 is a kind of oppressor
--3 has particulars: Big Brother; martinet, disciplinarian, moralist
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