tyrant

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Alternative forms

• tyran (obsolete)
• tyraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French tirant (French tyran), from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (turannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtaɪɹənt/

Noun

tyrant (plural tyrants)

1. An absolute ruler who governs without restriction.
2. A harsh and cruel ruler.
3. An oppressive, cruel and harsh person.
4. Any of numerous species of aggressive American clamatorial birds of the family Tyrannidae; a tyrant bird.

Synonyms

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• autocrat
• dictator
• despot
• martinet

Related terms

• tyrannical
• tyranny

Translations

absolute ruler

• Afrikaans: tiran (af)
• Arabic: طاغية (ar) (ṭāġíyya) m
• Catalan: tirà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴君 (cmn) (bàojūn), 僭主 (cmn) (jiànzhǔ)

• Dutch: tiran (nl) m
• Esperanto: (♂♀) tirano (eo), (explicitly ♂) virtirano (eo), (explicitly ♀) tiranino (eo)
• French: tyran (fr) m
• German: Tyrann (de) m, Tyrannin (de) f
• Greek: τύραννος (el) (týrannos) m
• Hungarian: zsarnok (hu), despota (hu), kényúr (hu)

• Italian: tiranno (it) m
• Japanese: 僭主 (ja) (せんしゅ, senshu), 暴君 (ja) (ぼうくん, bōkun)
• Jèrriais: tyran m
• Korean: 참주 (ko) (chamju) (僭主 (ko)), 폭군 (ko) (pokgun) (暴君 (ko))
• Russian: тиран (ru) (tirán) m, тиранка (ru) (tiránka) f
• Spanish: tirano (es) m
• Swedish: tyrann (sv) c
• Turkish: tiran (tr)
• Vietnamese: bạo chúa (vi) (暴主 (vi))
• Volapük: (♂♀) tirenan (vo), (♂) hitirenan (vo), (♀) jitirenan (vo)

harsh and cruel ruler

• Catalan: tirà (ca) m
• Dutch: tiran (nl) m
• French: tyran (fr) m
• German: Tyrann (de) m, Tyrannin (de) f
• Greek: τύραννος (el) (týrannos) m
• Hungarian: zsarnok (hu)

• Italian: tiranno (it) m
• Jèrriais: tyran m
• Latin: tyrannus (la) m
• Russian: тиран (ru) (tirán) m
• Swedish: tyrann (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) tirenan (vo), (♂) hitirenan (vo), (♀) jitirenan (vo)

oppressive and harsh person

• Catalan: tirà (ca) m
• Dutch: tiran (nl) m
• Esperanto: (♂♀) tirano (eo), (explicitly ♂) virtirano (eo), (explicitly ♀) tiranino (eo)
• French: tyran (fr) m
• German: Tyrann (de) m, Tyrannin (de) f
• Greek: τύραννος (el) (týrannos) m
• Hungarian: zsarnok (hu)

• Ido: (♂♀) tirano (io), (♂) tiranulo (io), (♀) tiranino (io)
• Italian: tiranno (it) m
• Jèrriais: tyran m
• Latin: tyrannus (la) m
• Russian: тиран (ru) (tirán) m
• Swedish: tyrann (sv) c, best (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) tirenan (vo), (♂) hitirenan (vo), (♀) jitirenan (vo)

Verb

tyrant (third-person singular simple present tyrants, present participle tyranting, simple past and past participle tyranted)

1. (obsolete) To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.

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External links

• tyrant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tyrant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• tyrant at OneLook Dictionary Search