A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).
A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.
One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
Something abstract that causes suffering.
One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.