Adam Rayner
Barry Al-Fayeed
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- 1. Pilot Jun 24, 2014
- A California pediatrician who is the son of a Middle Eastern dictator agrees to return home.
- 2. State of Emergency Jul 1, 2014
- Barry must put his plans to return to America on hold when his older brother is incapacitated.
- 3. My Brother's Keeper Jul 8, 2014
- Barry's decision to stay in Abbudin is met with mixed emotions.
If you accuse your parents of being tyrants, you are saying they abuse their control of you — they are cruel, overly restrictive of your freedoms, and unfair. A tyrant is a ruler who is cruel and unjust.
TYRANT meaning: 1. a ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly: 2. a ruler…. Learn more.
tyrant, a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such power. In the 10th and 9th centuries bce, monarchy was the usual form of government in the Greek states. The aristocratic regimes that replaced monarchy were by the 7th century bce themselves unpopular.
noun. /ˈtaɪrənt/. /ˈtaɪrənt/. a person who has complete power in a country and uses it in a cruel and unfair way synonym dictator. The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants. (figurative) His boss is a complete tyrant. Extra Examples. Topics Politics c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
noun. tyr· an· ny ˈtir-ə-nē. plural tyrannies. Synonyms of tyranny. 1. : oppressive power. every form of tyranny over the mind of man Thomas Jefferson. especially : oppressive power exerted by government. the tyranny of a police state. 2. a. : a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler.
noun [ C ] uk / ˈtaɪərənt / us. Add to word list Add to word list. someone who has total power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way. (Definition of tyrant from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of tyrant. in Chinese (Traditional) 暴君, 暴虐的人, 專橫的人… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 暴君, 暴虐的人, 专横的人… See more.
1. An extremely oppressive, unjust, or cruel ruler. 2. An absolute ruler who governs without restrictions, especially one who seized power illegally. 3. An oppressive, harsh, arbitrary person: My boss is a tyrant.
