Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tyrant
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Tyrant
tyrant
noun Etymology: Middle English tyraunt, from Anglo-French tyran, ~, from Latin tyrannus, from Greek tyrannos Date: 14th century 1. a. an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution b. a usurper of sovereignty 2. a. a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally b. one resembling an oppressive ruler in the harsh use of authority or power
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n. 1 an oppressive or cruel ruler. 2 a person exercising power arbitrarily or cruelly. 3 Gk Hist. an absolute ruler who seized power without the legal right. Etymology: ME tyran, -ant, f. OF tiran, tyrant f. L tyrannus f. Gk turannos TYRE n. (US tire) a rubber covering, usu. inflated, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road. Phrases and idioms tyre-gauge a portable device for measuring the air-pressure in a tyre. Etymology: var. of TIRE(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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орнит. тиранн – bay-ringed tyrant – black-chested tyrant – cattle tyrant – chocolate tyrant – cinereous tyrant – cock-tailed tyrant – fire-crowned tyrant – long-tailed tyrant – sharp-tailed tyrant – spectacled tyrant – strange-tailed tyrant – wood tyrant – yellow-browed tyrant ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(tyrants) You can use tyrant to refer to someone who treats the people they have authority over in a cruel and unfair way. ...households where the father was a tyrant. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a ruler who has complete power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way (Caligula and Nero, the two great tyrants) 2 someone who has power over other people, and uses it cruelly or unfairly ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., "absolute ruler," from O.Fr. tyrant, from L. tyrannus "lord, master, tyrant," from Gk. tyrannos "lord, master, sovereign, tyrant." "In the exact sense, a tyrant is an individual who arrogates to himself the royal authority without having a right to it. This is how the Greeks understood the word 'tyrant': they applied it indifferently to good and bad princes whose authority was not legitimate." [Rousseau] ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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