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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Dictatorship.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Office of a dictator; dictatorship.

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  • noun obsolete Office of a dictator; dictatorship.

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Latin dictatura: compare French dictature.

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