Dictator and Master

Dictator

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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Master and dictator are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Master" instead a noun "Dictator".

Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Dictator and master are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dictator" instead a noun "Master".

human	human dictator	human master
old	old dictator	old master
good	good dictator	good master
certain	certain dictator	certain master
Other adjectives: future, current, corrupt, powerful, real, evil, bad, infamous, absolute, cruel, famous, supreme, new, late, former, next, last, competent, insane, eponymous.

In the Star Wars Tales story Yaddle's Tale: The One Below, the title character was imprisoned in a well by a tyrannical dictator after he killed her master as a potential bargaining chip.

Source: Thrown Down a Well aka: Oubliette
It follows the adventures of Dexter the Head Alien, a megalomaniac dictator from a distant world, and his beleaguered robotic henchman Monkey Master.

Source: Just For Fun / Dexter And Monkey Master
Lord Vetinari is a master of this (presumably just to amuse himself, given that he's an absolute dictator whose word is law).

Source: Glad You Thought of It

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