DICTATOR

dictator. Dictator, n. a chief ruler, an absolute magistrate

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Dic‐ta″tor (?), n. [] 1. 1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. Locke.
2. 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.