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dictator

 noun
     
Related topics: Officials
dic‧ta‧tor [countable]
1PGO a ruler who has complete power over a country, especially one whose power has been gained by force:
the downfall of the hated dictator
2 someone who tells other people what they should do, in a way that seems unreasonable:
a real little dictator
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