DICTATOR, noun [Latin] 1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of others. 2. One invested with absolute authority. In ancient Rome, a magistrate, created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. He remained in office six months.
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