tyrant /tīˈrənt/, obsolete tyran /tīˈrən/

1. A ruler who uses power arbitrarily and oppressively
2. An oppressor
3. A bully
4. In the orig Greek sense, an absolute ruler, or one whose power has not been constitutionally arrived at
5. A tyrant bird

tyˈran, tyranne, tyˈrant transitive verb and intransitive verb (obsolete)

tyrˈanness noun (archaic)

A female tyrant

tyrannic /ti-ranˈik (sometimes tī-)/ or tyrannˈical adjective

tyrannˈically adverb

tyrannˈicalness noun

tyrannicīˈdal adjective

tyrannˈicide noun

The killing or the killer of a tyrant

Tyrannˈidae plural noun

The tyrant bird family

tyrannis /ti-ranˈis/ noun

(Gr) a regime illegally set up

tyrannize or tyrannise /tirˈ/ intransitive verb

1. To act as a tyrant
2. Esp to rule with oppressive severity

To act the tyrant to

tyrannous /tirˈ/ adjective

1. Despotic
2. Domineering
3. Overpowering
4. Oppressive

tyrˈannously adverb

tyranny /tirˈ/ noun

1. Absolute or illegally established power
2. The government or authority of a tyrant
3. Absolute power cruelly administered
4. Oppression
5. Cruelty
6. Harshness

tyrant bird or tyrant flycatcher noun

Any member of an American family of birds related to the pittas and cotingas

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