The word “dictator” is correct and usable in written English.
Generally, it is used to refer to someone who rules their country or an organization in an autocratic or oppressive way. For example, "The dictator's oppressive policies led to widespread public dissatisfaction."
He is urged to be careful by an air hostess who is assisting him in his quest to rescue his daughter from the clutches of a deposed South American dictator.
Good order and authority are now necessary… We must have recourse to the old Roman expedient in times of confusion and choose a dictator".
The Day of the Horse holiday was started by Berdymukhamedov's late predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov, an eccentric dictator who renamed the months after members of his family and erected a golden statue of himself that revolved to reflect the sun.
Today, two years after the death of the notorious dictator, the house, which he used as an office, is opening as a visitor attraction.
In August Lukashenko – Europe's last dictator in the words of former US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice – suggested Sannikov would soon be rearrested.
Related: Muhammadu Buhari: reformed dictator returns to power in democratic Nigeria John Oloyede, a legal expert and pundit on Nigeria's Channels television, said: "He is the first Nigerian ruler, head of state, to congratulate somebody who is going to take over from him.
Buhari, a 72-year-old Muslim, first tasted power a generation ago as a military dictator, only to be ousted after 20 months and jailed.
Perhaps whoever transcribed the interview had the Nazi dictator on their minds after Prince Charles reportedly compared Vladimir Putin with Hitler.
Most seriously of all, Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister Musharraf ousted in a coup in 1999, won a landslide victory and initiated a treason trial for which the former dictator could be hanged if found guilty.
European Union officials are not necessarily known for their sharp one-liners, but European commission head Jean-Claude Juncker had a scathing welcome for Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban at a summit in Riga on Friday, greeting him with "Hello, dictator".
The Augusto Pinochet museum in Vitacura, north-east Santiago was formerly an office used by the Chilean dictator, but not his home.
