01 n. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
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One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
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One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.“Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language.” — Macaulay.