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Noun dictator has 3 senses
  1. dictator - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
    --1 is a kind of     speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
    Derived form: verb dictate2
  2. dictator, potentate - a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    --2 is a kind of ruler, swayer
    --2 has particulars:
     shogun; strongman; tyrant, autocrat, despot; Duvalier, Francois Duvalier, Papa Doc; Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc; Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo; Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer; Mussolini, Benito Mussolini, Il Duce; Tojo, Tojo Hideki, Tojo Eiki
    Derived form: verb dictate3
  3. authoritarian, dictator - a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
    --3 is a kind of oppressor
    --3 has particulars: Big Brother; martinet, disciplinarian, moralist
    Derived form: verb dictate1
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