dictator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dictator	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dictator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dictator n a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine a ruler who is unconstrained by law Synonym(s): dictator, potentate a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime" Synonym(s): authoritarian, dictator
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictator \Dic*ta"tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. --Locke. 2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. --Macaulay.