dictateur

Definitions of dictateur
  1. noun
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    synonyms: potentat
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    types:
    autocrate, despote, tyran
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
    type of:
    dirigeant
    a person who rules or commands
  2. noun
    a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
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    type of:
    oppresseur
    a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
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