dictator

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dic·ta·tor / ˈdikˌtātər/ • n. 1. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. ∎  a person who tells people what to do in an autocratic way or who determines behavior in a particular sphere: the prewar era was a period whose apple-cheeked dictator was Doris Day. ∎  (in ancient Rome) a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency.2. a machine that records words spoken into it, used for personal or administrative purposes.

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