caesar

noun

ˈsē-zər How to pronounce caesar (audio)
Definition of caesarnext
as in dictator
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way like many another third-world caesar, he cared little for the destitute class into which he himself had been born

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  1. dictator
  2. tyrant
  3. pharaoh
Noun
  • Trump’s critics often accuse him of being or aspiring to be a strongman, or an autocrat, or even a fascist dictator.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • One in five Americans think Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany, did some good things, a new survey has found.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictator
Noun
  • Harris says U.S. foreign policy should be based on strong alliances with other democracies, not cynical partnerships with tyrants like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The greatest of all tyrants thunders onto screen in this thrilling story of fossil discovery by three young boys.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of tyrant
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  • Inside was a trove of riches from Tutankhamun, a pharaoh from Egypt’s New Kingdom (around 1550 to 1070 B.C.E.) who had been largely forgotten by history.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton square off with appropriate intensity as Moses, who leads 600,000 Hebrew slaves on a perilous escape from Egypt, and his brother Ramses, the pharaoh who marshals his forces against him.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of pharaoh
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