Bible Dictionaries
Dictator

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

(2):

(n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dictator'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dictator.html. 1828.