"dictator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪkˈteɪtə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈdɪkteɪtəɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-dictator.ogg [US] Forms: dictators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|la|dictātor|t=a chief magistrate}} Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), {{m|la|dictō|t=dictate, prescribe}} dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), {{m|la|dīcō|t=say, speak}} dīcō (“say, speak”), {{surf|en|dictate|-or|id2=agent noun|lit=one who dictates}} By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates” Head templates: {{en-noun}} dictator (plural dictators)
  1. A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government. Translations (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship): diktator [masculine] (Albanian), diktatore [feminine] (Albanian), دِكْتَاتُور (diktātūr) [masculine] (Arabic), دِكْتَاتُورَة (diktātūra) [feminine] (Arabic), բռնապետ (bṙnapet) (Armenian), դիկտատոր (diktator) (Armenian), diktator (Azerbaijani), дыкта́тар (dyktátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), дыкта́тарка (dyktátarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), একনায়ক (eknaẏok) (Bengali), öpippa (Bube), дикта́тор (diktátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дикта́торка (diktátorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အာဏာရှင် (anahrang) (Burmese), သက်ဦးဆံပိုင် (sak-u:hcampuing) (Burmese), 獨裁者 (Chinese Mandarin), 独裁者 (dúcáizhě) (Chinese Mandarin), diktátor [masculine] (Czech), diktátorka [feminine] (Czech), diktator [common-gender] (Danish), dictator [masculine] (Dutch), diktatoro (Esperanto), diktaator (Estonian), diktaattori (Finnish), dictateur [masculine] (French), dictatrice [feminine] (French), ditador [masculine] (Galician), დიქტატორი (dikṭaṭori) (Georgian), Diktator [masculine] (German), Diktatorin [feminine] (German), δικτάτορας (diktátoras) [masculine] (Greek), דִיקטָטוֹר (Hebrew), דיקטאטור (diktátor) [masculine] (Hebrew), רוֹדָן (rodán) [masculine] (Hebrew), तानाशाह (tānāśāh) [masculine] (Hindi), अधिनायक (adhināyak) [masculine] (Hindi), डिक्टेटर (ḍikṭeṭar) [masculine] (Hindi), diktátor (Hungarian), einræðisherra [masculine] (Icelandic), deachtóir [masculine] (Irish), dittatore [masculine] (Italian), dittatrice [feminine] (Italian), 独裁者 (dokusaisha) (alt: どくさいしゃ) (Japanese), диктатор (diktator) (Kazakh), អ្នកប្រើអំណាចផ្ដាច់ការ (nĕək praə ʼɑmnaac phdac kaa) (Khmer), 독재자 (dokjaeja) (alt: 獨裁者) (Korean), диктатор (diktator) (Kyrgyz), ຜູ້ບົ່ງການ (phū bong kān) (Lao), ຜູ້ຜະເດັດການ (phū pha det kān) (Lao), dictātor [masculine] (Latin), diktators [masculine] (Latvian), diktatore [feminine] (Latvian), diktatorius [masculine] (Lithuanian), diktatorė [feminine] (Lithuanian), дикта́тор (diktátor) [masculine] (Macedonian), дикта́торка (diktátorka) [feminine] (Macedonian), diktator (Malay), ardreillagh [masculine] (Manx), ard-smaghteyder [masculine] (Manx), हुकूमशहा (hukūmśahā) [masculine] (Marathi), дарангуйлагч (darangujlagč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (daruŋɣuilaɣči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), dictateur [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), diktator [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ديکتاتور (diktātor) [masculine] (Pashto), ډيکټاټور (ḍikṭaṭor) [masculine] (Pashto), دیکْتاتور (diktâtor) (Persian), dyktator [masculine] (Polish), dyktatorka [feminine] (Polish), ditador [masculine] (Portuguese), ditadora [feminine] (Portuguese), dictator [masculine] (Romanian), дикта́тор (diktátor) [masculine] (Russian), дѝкта̄тор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), дѝкта̄торица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), дѝкта̄то̄рка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dìktātor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dìktātorica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dìktātōrka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dittaturi [masculine] (Sicilian), diktátor [masculine] (Slovak), diktátorka [feminine] (Slovak), diktator [masculine] (Slovene), diktatorka [feminine] (Slovene), dictador [masculine] (Spanish), dictadora [feminine] (Spanish), dikteta [class-5, class-6] (Swahili), diktator [common-gender] (Swedish), diktador (Tagalog), диктатор (diktator) (Tajik), диктатор (diktator) (Tatar), ผู้มีอำนาจ (pûu-mii-am-nâat) (Thai), จอมบงการ (jɔɔm-bong-gaan) (Thai), จอมเผด็จการ (jɔɔm-pà-dèt-gaan) (Thai), diktatör (Turkish), diktator (Turkmen), дикта́тор (dyktátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дикта́торка (dyktátorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ڈِکْٹیٹَر (ḍikṭeṭar) [masculine] (Urdu), آمِر (āmir) [masculine] (Urdu), تاناشاہ (tānāśāh) [masculine] (Urdu), دىكتاتور (diktator) (Uyghur), diktator (Uzbek), kẻ độc tài (alt: 仉獨裁) (Vietnamese), nhà độc tài (alt: 伽獨裁) (Vietnamese), דיקטאַטאָר (diktator) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-dictator-en-noun-Aqc4O2YL Disambiguation of 'totalitarian leader of a dictatorship': 84 7 7 2
  2. (history) A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war. Categories (topical): History, Dictation, People, Stock characters Translations ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate): δικτάτωρ (diktátōr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 獨裁官 (Chinese Mandarin), 独裁官 (dúcái guān) (Chinese Mandarin), diktator [common-gender] (Danish), dictātor [masculine] (Latin), dittaturi [masculine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-dictator-en-noun-kvI58Y-y Disambiguation of Dictation: 7 55 26 12 Disambiguation of People: 0 97 2 1 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 2 55 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 55 30 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 73 17 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or (agent noun): 1 61 23 15 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate': 1 94 4 1
  3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure. Translations (tyrannical boss, or authority figure): diktaattori (Finnish), δικτάτορας (diktátoras) [masculine] (Greek), ditador [masculine] (Portuguese), дикта́тор (diktátor) [masculine] (Russian), dittaturi [masculine] (Sicilian), rais [masculine] (Sicilian), capurali [masculine] (Sicilian), dikteta [class-5, class-6] (Swahili), diktator [common-gender] (Swedish), envåldshärskare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dictator-en-noun-ZZvCi2ia Disambiguation of 'tyrannical boss, or authority figure': 0 19 77 4
  4. Misspelling of dictater. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: dictater
    Sense id: en-dictator-en-noun-DCCeBwsp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dictatour [obsolete] Derived forms: dictatress, petro-dictator, tin-pot dictator, tinpot dictator Related terms: dictate, dictatorial, dictatorship, dictatrix

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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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          "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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          "roman": "rodán",
          "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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          "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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          "word": "अधिनायक"
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          "roman": "ḍikṭeṭar",
          "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "डिक्टेटर"
        },
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
          "word": "diktátor"
        },
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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          "word": "einræðisherra"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "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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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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      "word": "deachtóir"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "mr",
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      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dictateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "diktātor",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ديکتاتور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ḍikṭaṭor",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ډيکټاټور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "diktâtor",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "دیکْتاتور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyktatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ditador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ditadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dictator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diktátor",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикта́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дѝкта̄тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дѝкта̄торица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дѝкта̄то̄рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dìktātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dìktātorica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dìktātōrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dittaturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diktátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diktátorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diktatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dictador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dictadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "dikteta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "diktador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "diktator",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "диктатор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "diktator",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "диктатор"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-mii-am-nâat",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "ผู้มีอำนาจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jɔɔm-bong-gaan",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "จอมบงการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jɔɔm-pà-dèt-gaan",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "จอมเผด็จการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "diktatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyktátor",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикта́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyktátorka",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дикта́торка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ḍikṭeṭar",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ڈِکْٹیٹَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āmir",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آمِر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tānāśāh",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تاناشاہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "diktator",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "دىكتاتور"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "alt": "仉獨裁",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "kẻ độc tài"
    },
    {
      "alt": "伽獨裁",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "word": "nhà độc tài"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "diktator",
      "sense": "totalitarian leader of a dictatorship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דיקטאַטאָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate",
      "word": "獨裁官"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dúcái guān",
      "sense": "(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate",
      "word": "独裁官"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diktátōr",
      "sense": "(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δικτάτωρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dictātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "(historical) Ancient Roman magistrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dittaturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "word": "diktaattori"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diktátoras",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δικτάτορας"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ditador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diktátor",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикта́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dittaturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rais"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capurali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "dikteta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diktator"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tyrannical boss, or authority figure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "envåldshärskare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dictator"
}

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