tyrant
Tyrannical, tyrannousTyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
» People don't want to be ruled by a tyrant.
Meaning
1 senses(uncommon)Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
Examples
42 sentencesPeople don't want to be ruled by a tyrant.
The tyrant kept the people down.
The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Algeria doesn't need a new tyrant.
Origin
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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