tyrant

1. n. An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty. Source: opted

2. n. Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor. Source: opted

3. n. Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird. Source: opted

4. v. i. To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical. Source: opted

5. n. a cruel and oppressive dictator Source: wordnet

6. n. in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it Source: wordnet

7. n. any person who exercises power in a cruel way Source: wordnet

8. Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birdsbelonging to the family Tyrannidæ; -- called also tyrant bird. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. a cruel and oppressive dictator n. in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it n. any person who exercises power in a cruel way Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links