Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIC-TA'TOR
DIC-TA'TOR, n. [L.]
- One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of others.
- One invested with absolute authority. In ancient Rome, a magistrate, created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. He remained in office six months.
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