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"ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, “A Time of Testing: Crises in the Caribbean”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188",
"text": "The Dominicans had lived for thirty years under the iron-fisted rule of dictator Leonidas Trujillo. During those years, which ended with Trujillo's assassination in 1961, those who opposed Trujillo had three choices: to go into exile, to go underground, or to remain quiet. Most Dominicans had chosen the third course.",
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"ref": "2019, (Existential Comics), 29 January, 9:27 AM Tweet",
"text": "Dictator, noun : someone who doesn't let American CEOs dictate how their country is run",
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"ref": "2023 June 21, Trevor Hunnicutt, Ryan Woo, quoting Joe Biden, “China hits back after Biden calls Xi a 'dictator'”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-06-22",
"text": "\"The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment in it was he didn't know it was there,\" Biden said.\n\"That's a great embarrassment for dictators. When they didn't know what happened. That wasn't supposed to be going where it was. It was blown off course,\" Biden said.",
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"A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government."
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "دِكْتَاتُور"
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"roman": "bṙnapet",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "բռնապետ"
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"word": "դիկտատոր"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"roman": "eknaẏok",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "একনায়ক"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "အာဏာရှင်"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "သက်ဦးဆံပိုင်"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "獨裁者"
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"roman": "dúcáizhě",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "diktaator"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "dictateur"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "dictatrice"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "ditador"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dikṭaṭori",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "დიქტატორი"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "Diktator"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "Diktatorin"
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"roman": "diktátoras",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "דִיקטָטוֹר"
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"word": "דיקטאטור"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "רוֹדָן"
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"roman": "tānāśāh",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "तानाशाह"
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"roman": "adhināyak",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "अधिनायक"
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"roman": "ḍikṭeṭar",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "डिक्टेटर"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "einræðisherra"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "deachtóir"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "dittatrice"
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"alt": "どくさいしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dokusaisha",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "独裁者"
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"roman": "nĕək praə ʼɑmnaac phdac kaa",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "អ្នកប្រើអំណាចផ្ដាច់ការ"
},
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "독재자"
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"word": "диктатор"
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"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phū bong kān",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "ຜູ້ບົ່ງການ"
},
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"roman": "phū pha det kān",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "ຜູ້ຜະເດັດການ"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "diktators"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"roman": "hukūmśahā",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "हुकूमशहा"
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"roman": "darangujlagč",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "дарангуйлагч"
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"roman": "daruŋɣuilaɣči",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "ديکتاتور"
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"roman": "ḍikṭaṭor",
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"word": "ډيکټاټور"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "diktâtor",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"word": "دیکْتاتور"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "dyktator"
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"word": "dyktatorka"
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"_dis1": "84 7 7 2",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
"tags": [
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"word": "ditador"
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"word": "дикта́тор"
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"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "дѝкта̄тор"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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"word": "dittaturi"
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},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French dictateur",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "la",
"3": "dictātor"
},
"expansion": "Latin dictātor",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "dicta",
"3": "-tor"
},
"expansion": "dicta + -tor",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French dictateur, Latin dictātor. Equivalent to dicta + -tor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dictatori",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "dictatori"
},
"expansion": "dictator m (plural dictatori)",
"name": "ro-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "dictat"
},
{
"word": "dictatură"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian countable nouns",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian masculine nouns",
"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
"Romanian terms derived from French",
"Romanian terms derived from Latin",
"Romanian terms suffixed with -tor"
],
"glosses": [
"dictator"
],
"links": [
[
"dictator",
"dictator#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "dictator"
}
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