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man on horseback

a military man with such influence and power over the people as to be, or seem to be, able to seize control and rule as a dictator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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