Meaning

3 senses
  1. An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

    Diktator, Diktatorin

    дикта́торdiktátor

    дикта́торdyktátor, дикта́торкаdyktátorka

  2. A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war.

  3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure.

    дикта́торdiktátor

More definitions
  • a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  • a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
  • a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

Examples

119 sentences
  1. The dictator had the absolute loyalty of all his aides.

    deDer Diktator besaß die völlige Loyalität seiner Gehilfen. — Tamy

  2. The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

    deDie armen Menschen waren dem grausamen Diktator ausgeliefert. — Esperantostern

  3. They struggled against the dictator.

    ruОни боролись против диктатора. — marafon

  4. You would make a perfect dictator.

    З тебе вийшов би ідеальний диктатор. — deniko

  5. I refuse to be a dictator.

    Я відмовляюся бути диктатором. — deniko

Translations

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authoritarian leader of a dictatorship:
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authoritarian leader of a dictatorship:

Origin

From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (

From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”).

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Forms

plural: dictators
Singulardictator
Pluraldictators

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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