dictator

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
2. A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war.
3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
4. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of dictater.

Concepten

dictator

dwingeland

autocraat

despoot

alleenheerser

tiran

geweldenaar

autokraat

onderdrukker

dictatuur

Synoniemen

tyrant

despot

absolute ruler

autocrat

oppressor

potentate

ruler

authoritarian

king

👑

administrator

chief

leader

head

commandant

captain

skipper

commander

mogul

overlord

personage

boss

bandit

sachem

strongman

terrorist

totalitarian

autocracy

warlord

Shah

bad ruler

commander in chief

czar

destroyer

emperor

hijacker

magnate

Vertalingen

dictateur

Diktator

dictador

dittatore

ditador

δικτάτορας

dictator

dictador

diktatör

Gewaltherrscher

autocrate

tirano

tyran

autocrata

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɪkˈteɪtə/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”).