| Noun | 1. | dictator - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine |
| 2. | dictator - a ruler who is unconstrained by law Synonyms: potentate | |
| 3. | dictator - a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime" Synonyms: authoritarian |
DICTATOR, civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power. His authority over the lives and fortunes of the citizens was without bounds. His office continued but for six months. Hist. de la Jur. h.t.; Dig. l, 2, 18; Id. 1, 1, 1.
Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, authoritarian, authoritative, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, pharaoh, slave driver, stern, stickler, strong man, usurper, warlord