dictator

n. [ L. ] 1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dictatorial. ] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Military powers quite dictatorial. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner.

-- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dictatorial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power. [ 1913 Webster ]