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21lord — lordlike, adj. /lawrd/, n. 1. a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler. 2. a person who exercises authority from property rights; an owner of land, houses, etc. 3. a person who is a leader or has great… …
22Stalin, Joseph — orig. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili born Dec. 21, 1879, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician and dictator. The son of a cobbler, he studied at a seminary but was expelled for… …
23Machado y Morales, Gerardo — ▪ Cuban dictator born Sept. 29, 1871, Camajuaní, Cuba died March 29, 1939, Miami Beach hero in the Cuban War of Independence (1895–98) who was later elected president by an overwhelming majority, only to become one of Cuba s most powerful… …
24Núñez, Rafael — ▪ president of Colombia born Sept. 28, 1825, Cartagena, New Granada died Sept. 12, 1894, El Cabrero, Colom. three time president of Colombia who dominated that nation s politics from 1880 and ruled dictatorially until his death. Entering… …
25Paskevich, Ivan Fyodorovich, Graf Yerevansky, Knyaz Varshchavsky — ▪ Russian military officer born May 19 [May 8, old style], 1782, Poltava, Russia died Feb. 1 [Jan. 20, O.S.], 1856, Warsaw military officer and administrator in the Russian government who suppressed the Polish insurrection of 1830–31.… …
26autocratically — adverb /ˈɔːt.əˌkɹæt.ɪk(.ə)liː/ In an autocratic manner. Syn: arrogantly, dictatorially, despotically, egotistically, haughtily, high handedly, unilaterally, willfully …
27masterfully — Synonyms and related words: ably, adeptly, adroitly, agilely, aptly, arbitrarily, artfully, artistically, autocratically, brilliantly, capably, cleverly, competently, cunningly, deftly, despotically, dexterously, dextrously, dictatorially,… …
28authority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. expert, pundit, know it all (inf.), maven (inf.). See skill, knowledge, authority. II Right to govern Nouns 1. (supremacy) authority, power, right, jurisdiction, title, prerogative; …
29positively — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In a positive manner] Syn. peremptorily, assertively, uncompromisingly, dogmatically, arbitrarily, stubbornly, obstinately, emphatically, dictatorially, imperatively, oracularly, decidedly, absolutely, insistently,… …
30rudely — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impolitely, discourteously, impudently, crudely, coarsely, indecently, barbarously, roughly, harshly, sharply, bluntly, curtly, boorishly, ungraciously, uncivilly, tactlessly, uncouthly, vulgarly, indecorously, insolently …
