tyrant
A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings…A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
» People don't want to be ruled by a tyrant.
Значение
значений: 6(историческое)A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
тира́нtirán
A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
Tyrann, Tyrannin
тира́нtirán, деспотdespot, тиранкаtiranka
(шире)Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
Tyrann, Tyrannin
тира́нtirán
any person who exercises power in a cruel way
(шире)A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
тира́нtirán
The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
(устаревшее)Any monarch or governor.
Примеры
предложений: 42People don't want to be ruled by a tyrant.
Thus, the tyrant succeeded in conquering the kingdom.
Таким образом, тирану удалось захватить королевство. — Lenin_1917
We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.
Мы не согнемся пред волей тирана. — sharptoothed
Time is a tyrant!
Время - это тиран. — marafon
The tyrant kept the people down.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 2
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the adFrom Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin.
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