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How to pronounce tyrant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms autocrat, despot
Type of dictator, potentate
Has types czar
Derivation tyrannize, tyrannous
Type Words
Type of person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
Derivation tyrannous


his father was a tyrant.
Type Words
Type of swayer, ruler

Examples of tyrant

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The tyrant is pathetic, wishing to see only his own reflection wherever he goes.
From the guardian.co.uk
Except we took him out, and now we fret over Iran, the new tyrant in the region.
From the kentucky.com
Goodman is vast, a tyrant much more bumbling and sensitive than you usually see.
From the post-gazette.com
There is here a very similar circumstance between Syrians fighting off a tyrant.
From the economist.com
Thus, the tyrant of Pherae was able to destroy a number of cities with impunity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nero, though, is remembered as a tyrant, and was forced to commit suicide in 68.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The GOP is on a crusade against the person they regard as an usurper and tyrant.
From the swampland.time.com
When you have a tyrant, a monster like him, we're all better off with him dead.
From the suntimes.com
A longtime tyrant has been sent packing, yet no foreign troops are on the ground.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • A cruel and oppressive dictator
  • In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
  • Any person who exercises power in a cruel way; "his father was a tyrant"
  • A tyrant (Greek u03C4u03CDu03C1u03B1u03BDu03BDu03BFu03C2, tyrannos), in its modern English usage, is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution, or one who has usurped legitimate sovereignty. Often described as a cruel character, a tyrant defends his position by oppressive means, tending to control almost everything in the state...
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