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tyrant Definition


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tyrant
noun
    1. A cruel, unjust and oppressive ruler with absolute power.
      Thesaurus: oppressor, despot, bully, authoritarian, dictator, monarch, sovereign.
    2. Someone who uses authority or power cruelly and unjustly.
Etymology: 13c: French, from Greek tyrannos a tyrant, originally a term for an absolute ruler of a city state who had seized power illegally.



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