tyran
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
tyran (plural tyrans)
- Obsolete form of tyrant.
- Spenser
- Lordly love is such a tyran fell.
- Spenser
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος. Replaced Old French tirant.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
tyran m (plural tyrans)
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (turannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).
Noun [edit]
tyran m (plural tyrans)
Middle French [edit]
Noun [edit]
tyran m (plural tyrans)
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English obsolete forms
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- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Jèrriais terms derived from Old French
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais terms derived from Ancient Greek
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