[dɪkˈteɪtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force

- a person who behaves in an autocratic way
(e.g: for some reason he's being a dictator—saying this is the way we're going to do it)


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Origin:
Old English tictator: from Latin, from dictat- ‘dictated’, from the verb dictare (see dictate)