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English noun: dictator | |||
| 1. | dictator (person) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer | ||
| 2. | dictator (person) a ruler who is unconstrained by law | ||
| Synonyms | potentate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ruler, swayer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | autocrat, despot, shogun, strongman, tyrant | ||
| Instance hyponym | Adolf Hitler, Baby Doc, Benito Mussolini, Der Fuhrer, Duvalier, Duvalier, El Caudillo, Francisco Franco, Franco, Francois Duvalier, General Franco, Hitler, Il Duce, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Mussolini, Papa Doc, Tojo, Tojo Eiki, Tojo Hideki | ||
| 3. | dictator (person) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | ||
| Samples | My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime. | ||
| Synonyms | authoritarian | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oppressor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Big Brother, disciplinarian, martinet, moralist | ||
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