33
despot(noun, person, master, severity, over)
29
dictator(noun, person, over, ruler, teaser)
23
oppressor(noun, person, boss, severity, bully)
21
bully(noun, person, master, brute, teaser)
18
autocrat(noun, person, master, over, teaser)
10
overlord
10
czar
8
pharaoh
7
martinet(noun, person, severity, over, disciplinarian)
5
authoritarian(noun, person, over)
5
hard master(expression, idiom, severity)
5
slave driver(noun, person, taskmaster)
5
stickler(noun, severity)
5
absolute monarch
5
warlord
4
disciplinarian(noun, person, severity)
4
totalitarian(noun, person, over)
4
oligarch(noun, master)
4
dominate
4
vandal(noun, evildoer)
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