Learn English – a word for someone who likes bossing people around

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I'm looking for a term for someone who get kicks by being bossy, or getting people to do what they demand.

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A martinet is “Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules”. It happens to be “a term for someone who get kicks by being bossy, or getting people to do what they demand”. Also consider despot, “A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant”, and dictator, “A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government” or “A tyrannical boss, or authority figure”. Both words may be figuratively applied. Tyrant, “An absolute ruler who governs without restriction” or “An oppressive, cruel and harsh person” may be slightly less applicable.