No. 9,373 in French
dictateur
A dictator; an authoritarian ruler with absolute power.
In a sentence
Le dictateur impose des lois injustes à son peuple.
The dictator imposes unjust laws on his people.
Used as a noun to describe a person in power governing oppressively.
Ils décrivent leur patron comme un dictateur tyrannique.
They describe their boss as a tyrannical dictator.
Used metaphorically to compare someone's leadership style to a dictator's methods.
Petits dictateurs naissent souvent parmi les enfants autoritaires.
Small dictators often emerge among authoritarian children.
Used figuratively to describe individuals behaving authoritatively or bossily.
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