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Webster 1913 Edition
Dictator
Dic-ta′tor
,Noun.
[L.]
1.
One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
Locke.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dictator
DICTATOR
,Noun.
1.
One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of others.2.
One invested with absolute authority. In ancient Rome, a magistrate, created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. He remained in office six months.