Chief and Dictator

Chief

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Dictator and chief are semantically related in person in charge topic. In some cases you can use "Dictator" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

Dictator noun - A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way.

Usage example: the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance

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Chief and dictator are semantically related in absolute ruler topic. You can use "Chief" instead a noun "Dictator".

old	old chief	old dictator
future	future chief	future dictator
current	current chief	current dictator
corrupt	corrupt chief	corrupt dictator
Other adjectives: brutal, real, bad, famous, secret, new, crazy, late, former, military, next, last, competent, insane, local, paranoid, eponymous.

Averted as Pilsudski, the head of state/dictator/commander-in-chief at this time, was Protestant (he converted from Catholicism in 1899).

Source: Church Militant
He eventually became a dictator and reigned for 19 years before being assassinated by his intelligence chief in 1979, which lead to the second coup.

Source: Military Coup
In "The Day the Law Died", the mad-as-a-nuthouse Chief Judge Cal is called out on being an insane dictator numerous times.

Source: You're Insane!

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