how to pronounce dictator

/dɪkˈtɛɪ.təɹ/

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dictator is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of dictator in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… realizing his time as dictator was over …”

meaning of dictator

A dictator is a ruler who has absolute power.

dictator frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word dictator occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dictator can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dictator can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;