tyrant, n.
(tyrants)
freq. cnt. 1
(tyrants)
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a cruel and oppressive dictator
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
autocrat despot tyrant
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any person who exercises power in a cruel way
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sample sentences
"his father was a tyrant"
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hypernym
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
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