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Dictator

Dictator meaning

A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government. | 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. | A tyrannical boss or authority figure.

Example sentences (20)

But Trump's cheeky “dictator” dodge, implying that he wouldn't be a dictator "except for on day one" has drawn renewed scrutiny from reporters and opposing candidates alike.

Iraq will never be the same. the war tore it apart to it's core, Saddam was not the perfect dictator BUT he was the BEST dictator for his time.

Cuban socialist dictator and Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez didn’t say they were socialists when seeking the people’s support for power, Zuniga told The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads” program in a recent interview.

Murderous dictator goes after other murderous dictator, but we only care about the 2nd one because the guy killed lived in America and worked for the WP.

He literally said he takes Kim -- dictator and sociopath -- at his word, WHILE acknowledging the terrible camps said dictator reigns over.

A dictator would have complete authority over civil and military matters within the Roman imperium, and was not legally responsible for his actions as a dictator and therefore was unquestionable.

At the end of the term, the Dictator's power returned to normal Consular rule whereupon a dictator provided accountability, though not all dictators accepted a return to power sharing.

Demonstrators are chanting phrases such as "Down with the dictator", "Death to the dictator", and "Give us our votes back".

In 48 BC, he was reappointed dictator, only this time for an indefinite period, and in 46 BC, he was appointed dictator for 10 years.

Lictors attending the dictator kept the axes in their fasces even inside the Pomerium—a sign that the dictator had the ultimate power in his own hands.

Technically, Caesar was not appointed dictator with a term of 10 years, but he was appointed annual dictator for the next 10 years in advance.

The magister equitum, like the Dictator, had unchallengeable authority in all civil and military affairs, with his decisions only being overturned by the Dictator himself.

The term "dictator" is comparable to but not synonymous with the ancient concept of a tyrant; initially "tyrant", like "dictator", did not carry negative connotations.

When a Dictator entered office, he appointed to serve as his second-in-command a magister equitum, the Master of the Horse, whose office ceased to exist once the Dictator left office.

A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people’s love of liberties.

Amid the praise for authoritarian leaders outside the U.S., Trump said he himself would serve as a dictator — only on day one of his second term.

And it is of course wrong to smear a president as a veritable Hitlerian dictator.

Aras Abid had every reason to want Saddam Hussein out of power after he was the sole survivor from his 12-member family from a gas attack ordered by the dictator on his Kurdish community in 1988.

A resettlement program is being designed to offer more support to defectors from North Korea, a country run by a dictator and accused of human rights violations.

A successful reserve currency is based on trust, and most market actors won’t trust their wealth to a fickle dictator.