dictator
noun
a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
dictatress
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a word derived from
dictator.
Example Sentences
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By resorting to force, America "might become the dictatress of the world," he wrote, but "she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2020
She has taken it into her head, I fear, that I am here as a restraint upon her; a sort of lady spy, a duenna, a dictatress, all combined in one, and all unpleasant.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
But Aunt Selina was dictatress of my destinies.
From The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W.
She might become the dictatress of the world; she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
