dictador

Definitions of dictador
  1. noun
    a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
    synonyms: autoritario
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    types:
    ordenancista
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
    hueso, rigorista
    someone who insists on something
    type of:
    atosigador, opresor
    a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
  2. noun
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    synonyms: potentado
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    examples:
    Adolf Hitler
    German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
    types:
    Shogun
    a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
    autócrata, déspota, tirano
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
    type of:
    gobernador, gobernante
    a person who rules or commands
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