tyrant

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/ˈtaɪɹənt/

noun 5verb 2adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

cruel, great

petty

The strict manager ruled the office like a petty tyrant, controlling every small decision.

VERB + TYRANT

overthrow

TYRANT + VERB

rule sth

A cruel tyrant ruled the island for nearly thirty years before the people finally rebelled.

PREP

under a/the ~

The citizens lived under a tyrant who controlled every aspect of their daily lives.

Definitions

noun

A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.

To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.

The reappearance of tyranny [in the 4th century BC] had many reasons... one of the main causes was the development of antagonism between rich and poor; tyrants came to power exploiting a social and political imbalance within the state.

Any monarch or governor.

Cassius... set tyrants over all Syria.

A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Tyrannes...be but Gods scourges which he will cast into the fyre when he hath done with them.

I am the Sonne of Marcus Cato, hoe. A Foe to Tyrants, and my Countries Friend.

Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

A plague vpon the Tyrant that I serue

[…] a sad tyrant, as my friends the Democrats sometimes are.

A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt.

A pike (called the tyranne of fishes).

adj

Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.

He was most tirant & cruell of all emperours.

Thus must I from the smoake into the smother, From tyrant Duke, vnto a tyrant Brother.

verb

To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.

Let thy judgment be king, but not tyrant over it

To tyrannize.

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Synonyms

noun — a cruel and oppressive dictator

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.

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Ancient Greek tyrannies appeared once more in great numbers with the breakdown of the polis in the period from the fourth to the second centuries [BC]. These later tyrannies tended to rely on a more n

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He was most tirant & cruell of all emperours.

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Thus must I from the smoake into the smother, From tyrant Duke, vnto a tyrant Brother.

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...a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, tyrant is marked as obsolete, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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