"tinpot dictator" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Forms: tinpot dictators [plural]
  1. Dictateur de pacotille. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-tinpot_dictator-en-noun-qll7JKgW Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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