different between patriarch vs dictator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha; later reinforced by Old French patriarche, from Byzantine Greek ?????????? (patriárkh?s, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -?????? (-árkh?s, “-arch”), with some senses likely influenced directly by Latin p?ter (“father”) or Ancient Greek ????? (pat?r, “father”). Compare matriarch. Surface analysis patri- +? -arch.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pe?t????k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pe?t(?)?i??k/

Noun

patriarch (plural patriarchs)

1. (Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. [from 9th c.]
2. In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. [from 13th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     Men and brethren, lett me frely speake unto you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed, and his sepulcre remayneth with us unto this daye.

3. A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. [from 16th c.]
4. An old leader of a village or community.
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, “Rip Van Winkle”:

     The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning to night, just moving sufficiently to […] keep in the shade of a large tree; […]

5. The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.

   Synonyms: ancestor, forebear, forefather

6. The male head of a household or nuclear family.

   Synonyms: highfather, paterfamilias

Antonyms

• matriarch, materfamilias

Translations

Dutch

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Noun

patriarch m (plural patriarchen, diminutive patriarchje n, feminine matriarch)

1. patriarch

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English

Alternative forms

• dictatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin dict?tor (“a chief magistrate”), from dict? (“dictate, prescribe”), from d?c? (“say, speak”).

Surface analysis is dictate +? -or “one who dictates”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?k?te?t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?kte?t??/

Noun

dictator (plural dictators)

1. A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
2. (historical) 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.
3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
4. A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).

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Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dict?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?ta?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: dic?ta?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

dictator m (plural dictatoren or dictators, diminutive dictatortje n)

1. dictator (tyrant, despot)

   Synonyms: despoot, dwingeland, tiran

2. (historical) dictator (Roman magistrate with expanded powers)

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Latin

Etymology

From dict? (“I dictate”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dik?ta?.tor/, [d??k?t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik?ta.tor/, [d?ik?t???t??r]

Noun

dict?tor m (genitive dict?t?ris); third declension

1. an elected chief magistrate
2. one who dictates.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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Descendants

References

• dictator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dictator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dictator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• dictator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dictateur, Latin dict?tor.

Noun

dictator m (plural dictatori)

1. dictator

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