tyraunt

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English

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Noun

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tyraunt (plural tyraunts)

  1. Obsolete form of tyrant.

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old French tirant, tyrant, tiran, from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːrau̯nt/, /ˈtiːrant/, /ˈtirant/, /ˈtirau̯nt/, /-an/

Noun

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tyraunt (plural tyrauntis)

  1. An absolute monarch; one who rules in despotism.
  2. A monarch who is evil, merciless, or unfair.
    • c. 1290, in the South-English Legendary (MS Laud 108), I 128:
      Ore louerd helpe nouþe seint thomas : for oþur frend nath he non, / A-mong so manie tyraunz for-to come: þat weren alle is fon!
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    • c. 1330, Robert Mannyng, Chronicle, section 51:
      A bastard no kyngdom suld hald Bot if þat he it wan... Of tirant or of Sarazin.
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    • 1377, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I 199:
      Attache þo tyrauntz...And fettereth fast falsenesse...And gurdeth of gyles hed.
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    • c. 1471, John Fortescue, Works, section 453:
      Whan a Kyng rulith his Realme onely to his own profytt, and not to the good of his Subgetts, he ys a Tyraunte.
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  3. A ruler who takes over a nation or usurps.
  4. One who suppresses or oppresses the followers of a creed.
  5. A scoundrel or malfeasant; one who is merciless, unfair, or evil.
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Descendants

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  • English: tyrant
  • Scots: tirran, tarran

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Adjective

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tyraunt

  1. Relating to a tyrant.
  2. Tyrannical, harsh.

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