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nouna cruel and oppressive dictator
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"his father was a tyrant"nounany person who exercises power in a cruel way
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nounin ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Definition that contains tyrant
- tyrannus type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
- pythias friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
- tyrannize rule a country as a tyrant
- dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
- domitian Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)
- dionysius the elder the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
- superfamily tyrannidae New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
- genus tyrannus type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
- titus flavius domitianus Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)
- tyrannicide killing a tyrant