dictator
31Dictator perpetuus — Der Diktator (lat.: dictator) war ein mit weitgehenden Vollmachten ausgestattetes politisches Amt in der Zeit der Römischen Republik, das jedoch zeitlich befristet war. Es handelte sich um ein, allerdings außerordentliches, Magistratsamt… …
32dictator — noun Etymology: Latin, from dictare Date: 14th century 1. a. a person granted absolute emergency power; especially one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome b. one holding complete autocratic control …
33dictator — noun a) Originally, a magistrate without colleague in republican ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war b) A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or… …
34Dictator — This was a magistrate appointed by a Consul to be in charge of the Roman State for a maximum period of six months; at first the office was introduced to cope with a military crisis, but later the holder performed religious or political… …
35dictator — Synonyms and related words: Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, authoritarian, authoritative, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, driver, duce, hard master,… …
36DICTATOR — a magistrate invested with absolute authority in ancient republican Rome in times of exigence and danger; the constitution obliged him to resign his authority at the end of six months, till which time he was free without challenge afterwards… …
37dictatór — s. m., pl. dictatóri …
38dictator — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. autocrat, despot, tyrant, strongman, absolute ruler, absolute monarch, czar, tsar, usurper, oppressor, authoritarian, absolutist, warlord, terrorist, oligarch, inquisitor, master, leader, fascist, F?hrer (German), duce… …
39dictator — dic ta·tor || tÉ™ n. tyrant, despot, autocrat …
40dictator — noun 1》 a ruler with total power over a country. ↘an autocratic person. 2》 (in ancient Rome) a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency …
