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Learn the meaning of tyrant as a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A tyrant is an absolute ruler who oppresses or brutally uses power, or someone who resembles such a ruler.
A tyrant is a ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the word tyrant with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
A tyrant (from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) 'absolute ruler'), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty.
TYRANT meaning: 1. a ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly: 2. a ruler…. Learn more.
Tyrant definition: a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.. See examples of TYRANT used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning of tyrant, a word for someone who rules cruelly or unfairly, and its synonyms, pronunciation, and usage. Find out how tyrant is used in sentences and quotations, and compare it with related words.
A tyrant is a person who has complete power in a country and uses it in a cruel and unfair way. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, collocations and usage notes of tyrant with Oxford dictionaries.
