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1. (n.) tyrant
a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
2. tyrant
any person in a position of authority who exercises power oppressively or despotically.
3. tyrant
a tyrannical or compulsory influence.
4. tyrant
an absolute ruler, esp. one in ancient Greece or Sicily.
Etymology: (1775–85)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tyrant, autocrat, despot
a cruel and oppressive dictator
2. (noun) tyrant
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
3. (noun) tyrant
any person who exercises power in a cruel way
"his father was a tyrant"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tyrant
an absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty
2. (noun) tyrant
specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor
3. (noun) tyrant
any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird
4. (verb) tyrant
to act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical
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Sense: a cruel and unjust ruler
The people suffered under foreign tyrants.
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 Afrikaans: tiran |
 Arabic: مُسْتَبِد، ظالِم، طاغِيَه |
 Bulgarian: деспот |
 Brazilian: tirano |
 Czech: tyran |
 German: der/die Tyrann(in) |
 Danish: tyran |
 Greek: τύραννος |
 Spanish: tirano |
 Estonian: türann |
 Farsi: حاکم مستبد؛ ظالم |
 Finnish: tyranni |
 French: tyran |
 Hebrew: עָרִיץ |
 Hindi: निरंकुश शासक |
 Croatian: tiranin, despot |
 Hungarian: zsarnok |
 Indonesian: tirani |
 Icelandic: harðstjóri |
 Italian: tiranno |
 Japanese: 暴君 |
 Korean: 독재 |
 Lithuanian: tironas, despotas |
 Latvian: tirāns |
 Malay: orang yg zalim |
 Dutch: tiran |
 Norwegian: tyrann |
 Polish: tyran |
 Persian: حاکم مستبد؛ ظالم |
 Pashto: ظالم ، ظالم حاکم |
 Portuguese: tirano |
 Romanian: tiran |
 Russian: тиран |
 Slovak: tyran, despota |
 Slovenian: tiran |
 Serbian: tiranin |
 Swedish: tyrann |
 Thai: ผู้ปกครองที่เผด็จการ |
 Turkish: zorba |
 Taiwanese: 專制統治者，暴君 |
 Ukrainian: тиран; деспот |
 Urdu: ظالم حکمراں |
 Vietnamese: bạo chúa |
 Chinese: 专制统治者，暴君 |
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