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   Ty·rant

   /ˈtīrənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a cruel and oppressive ruler: "the tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations" Similar dictatordespotautocratabsolute rulerauthoritarianoppressor
   • ▪ a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way: "her father was a tyrant and a bully" Similar slave drivermartinethard taskmasterscourgebully
   • ▪ (especially in ancient Greece) a ruler who seized power without legal right.
   • 2. a tyrant flycatcher.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek turannos.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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