According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
DICTATOR
authoritarian, dictator
(noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; “my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime”
dictator, potentate
(noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law
dictator
(noun) a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dictator (plural dictators)
A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
(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.
A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).
Source: Wiktionary
Dic*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. Locke.
2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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