1. tyrant - Noun
2. tyrant - Adjective
3. tyrant - Verb
An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.
To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
Source: Webster's dictionaryActions such as attacking distinguished academics such as Antoine Lavoisier helped to establish Robespierre as a tyrant and intolerant of progress; eventually this would be one of the keys to his downfall. Source: Internet
According to Plutarch, Solon was related to the tyrant Peisistratos for their mothers were cousins. Source: Internet
Before the game begins, we are told that Julie has previously killed a tyrant and "would-be God" named Lord Tyler (during the events of Heavy Metal 2000 ), and brought the remnant of her people to a planet called Eden. Source: Internet
But it is clear; the politician would have been a more ruthless tyrant if he was sitting on the throne. Source: Internet
Both Plato and Aristotle feared mass democracy because its smooth-talking agitators could easily whip up popular passions and lead an unsophisticated mob into fury and blind obedience to the tyrant they were promoting to save them. Source: Internet
Casson (1991), p. 188 For instance, the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse once set all slaves of Syracuse free to man his galleys, employing thus freedmen, but otherwise relied on citizens and foreigners as oarsmen. Source: Internet