dic·ta·tor /ˈdɪkˌtetɚ/
命令者,獨裁者,獨裁政權執政者
Dic·ta·tor n.
1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.
Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. --Macaulay.
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dictator
n 1: a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
2: a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: potentate]
3: a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a
dictator who makes everyone work overtime" [syn: authoritarian]