dictatorial

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DICTATORIAL, adjective 1. Pertaining to a dictator; absolute; unlimited; uncontrollable. 2. Imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, the officer assumed a dictatorial tone.
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