autocrat, despot, tyrant, strongman, absolute ruler, absolute monarch, czar, tsar, usurper, oppressor, authoritarian, absolutist, warlord, terrorist, oligarch, inquisitor, master, leader, fascist, Führer (German), duce (Italian), caudillo (Spanish), caesar, kaiser, ringleader, magnate, tycoon, mogul, shah, rajah, sultan, sheik, emir, khan, lama, lord, commander, chief, adviser, overlord, taskmaster, disciplinarian, headman, caliph, pharaoh, martinet, lord of the ascendant, sachem, wirepuller*, cock of the walk*, person at the wheel*, Nazi*, boss*, robber baron*, slave driver*, Simon Legree*; see also leader 2, ruler 1.
